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bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

0 posted 2012-02-13 02:17 PM

In a valentine wilderness
of swans grown fat and rapt
on the fine white rain of morning,
emerging fold on fold

and going down those five fathoms of blue,
unruly blue, I build for you a temple
out of sorrow and hew out of my heart’s far
and midnight pitch, the river
of which the soul might drink
and body late, sink into forgetfulness
as into hyacinths,

I search
and search this exile
with lolling hands, trapped
in the virulent hourglass of Oz,
that seals out all light, in Lethe
and lenient sands wreathe
the wistful skin, dapples
its open veins, pale
to the fervent tremor of the dying fern
and sumac, asleep
in the sling of Winter’s black

unwilling heart, abashed
in its Sodom of color, glassed under
as poppies in storm waters,
‘neath the gray pall of heaven’s ardor,
these vehement swans drive their hearts
endlessly into the ground and golden paths
of stone emerge in yellow brick roads
that go far into our goodnight
wilderness of dream, of dream,
to seam a fine white coat of rain
upon the wounds love leaves,
latent, until it slays.

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

1 posted 2012-02-13 06:52 PM

"...these vehement swans drive their hearts
endlessly into the ground and golden paths
of stone emerge in yellow brick roads
that go far into our goodnight
wilderness of dream, of dream,
to seam a fine white coat of rain
upon the wounds love leaves,
latent, until it slays."

Ah, and this, the great beak
Holds Leda to the ground;
Zeus would not be denied...
Cannot be, as
All power of the universe
Was in his wide , and sinued wings..
The maid crys, but not for mercy
For by him she carries Helen
Who would be rescued from Troy.

Ya got me again B.G. this time you made me travel far back into an ancient myth

[This message has been edited by ice (02-14-2012 07:08 PM).]

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

2 posted 2012-02-13 07:23 PM

I came, I read . . . don't know that I understood, but I was here...

j.

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2012-02-13 07:36 PM

since we seem to going through similar emotions, I thought I'd share this link:
http://www.michaelteachings.com/7_levels_karmic_debt.html

At first it made me lol, but then I thought, I've tried everything else, from burning sage to coiloid silver water, so why not this?

And um, I really don't think I am bipolar. I was in love.

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

4 posted 2012-02-13 11:25 PM

iceman.....yes, yes and oh yes

This poem is deeply tied to the symbolism in Leda and that mythical swan....so thrilled you brought that right out in the open

XOXO

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

5 posted 2012-02-13 11:26 PM

hey j~~

thanks so much for taking the time to read through this...I know it's murky...I appreciate your time very much~*~

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

6 posted 2012-02-13 11:29 PM

Serenity~~~

Thank you for the link...I will be sure to read thru it...love is a many splendid...and fickle thing...and I have truly since learned to cringe....

~write-on, girlie....while it doesnt quite heal up right...it helps~

~much love

Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

7 posted 2012-02-14 08:19 AM

Y'all are way too smart for me... but I enjoy you nonetheless.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2012-02-14 08:30 AM

Dittos Nicole. Happy Valentine.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

9 posted 2012-02-14 08:53 AM

Nicole~

Thanks for dropping in to read~*~

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

10 posted 2012-02-14 08:53 AM

Thanks, Mr. Pat~*~

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

11 posted 2012-02-14 01:03 PM

This breaks my heart!
Too dark and hard for the heart.

Love-Blessings to you!!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

12 posted 2012-02-14 01:43 PM

Hey JL~*~*

You know I do dark...the best

It's all good though...

XOXO

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

13 posted 2012-02-14 08:52 PM

Lol... I've been building my temple of sorrow so long it's more like a monument.

"Unwilling heart, abashed
in its Sodom of color"

Awesome depiction. Your poetry has a very tactile texture to it... the reader can't help but feel it. Much enjoyed.

Michael

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

14 posted 2012-02-14 10:37 PM

hey Michael~*~*~

the temple, I'm sure is no less sacred...thanks for feeling me~

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