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bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

0 posted 2012-01-26 01:21 PM

early on, I learned to live on air,
now I am done being sturdy of bones

& wear our days like a halo
welded onto the wet retina, tears

where the darkness touched, the heart
is but a wall of throbbing striations,
each a devastation,

I stand in the amber passage of brief wings,
any shift in philosophy ushers in the need
for new habits of the body,

I am learning how to lift them gently,
turn them swiftly and rest them again,
on their wings, wings to glass
which I sand smooth each morning,

to do it without flutter,
with as little as possible daylight,
a corral where shadows cannot move,

caged, it is a strange gymnastics,
their bodies, mine:

what to grasp,
when to release in scraps of sunlight
tossed by drafts for miles,
unfolding their procession,

how a few lose their bearing
and drop to the ground,

usually, night's slow failing will summon
forgetting,

but oh how the dark shatters,
& love swells into a temple
where it is held prisoner,

snow in kites and wings
to fill the field beyond with poppies,
and swamp abandoned rows,

to wrap grief in its brief tinsel,
I whittle the orchids white fever
into an epiphany, an arrhythmia as it freckles,

such is my devotion,

sadly, love is often weaker than gravity,
& I'm learning how the will of the whole
channels into fingertips,elbows, wings

though I've since learned to cringe
before my knees buckle.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

1 posted 2012-01-26 01:32 PM

"such is my devotion,

sadly, love is often weaker than gravity,
& I'm learning how the will of the whole
channels into fingertips,elbows, wings

though I've since learned to cringe
before my knees buckle."

What an effect this has on me!
You have painted a picture, framed it well,
signed it, and caused the entire world to
stop for a look. Beautiful expression
in your "Butterfly Effect".

You do it very well!

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
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

2 posted 2012-01-26 01:51 PM

Hey JL~

Thanks so much, luv~*~

XOXO

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

3 posted 2012-01-26 02:53 PM

Beautiful...

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2012-01-26 02:53 PM

Beautiful...

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

5 posted 2012-01-26 03:10 PM

Wow, Bel, just beautiful.
Ms. E

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

6 posted 2012-01-26 04:59 PM

Thank u, Lee J!

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

7 posted 2012-01-26 04:59 PM

Thanx Ms E!

katahdin
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since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

8 posted 2012-01-26 08:23 PM

Wow great poem and picture, enjoyed!
Kat >^..^<

soul drifter
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since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

9 posted 2012-01-26 09:18 PM

"I stand in the amber passage of brief wings"

I adore that line!

Amazing work, as always. Very dreamy, hypnotic and too too beautiful...

I have missed reading you.

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

10 posted 2012-01-26 09:40 PM

Very nice, my friend,

Absolutely LOVED the last two lines...

j.

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

11 posted 2012-01-26 09:40 PM

Very nice, my friend,

Absolutely LOVED the last two lines...

j.

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

12 posted 2012-01-26 10:18 PM

Thanks Kat!

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

13 posted 2012-01-26 10:18 PM

soul drifter~

Thanks for the great review, friend!

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

14 posted 2012-01-26 10:19 PM

j Wesley~

Thank you! The last 2 lines are my fav too

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

15 posted 2012-01-30 10:17 PM

Coming down is always the hardest part. I only cringe because my knees have buckled the wrong direction on a few of my erm..."landings."

"But oh how the dark shatters
& love swells into a temple
where it is held prisoner

A lovely rendering.

Michael

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

16 posted 2012-01-31 03:59 AM

softly, sadly, soulfully
the wings of a butterfly
touch, tickle, linger
and forever more
leave an imprint
on my heart
and I sigh

this butterfly effect of yours definitely did just that

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

17 posted 2012-01-31 05:37 AM

ha ha!! so true Michael~~~thanks for taking the time out to read & comment~

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

18 posted 2012-01-31 05:38 AM

tracie~~

thank you for the beautiful reply!

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

19 posted 2012-01-31 06:06 AM

BBBel1e...eventually they quit buckling and just bend both ways like the tongue of a softened leather bull whip. grin

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

20 posted 2012-01-31 06:46 PM

The butterfly wings or my knees? LOL....thanks for the smiles, daddy...

CocoBaci
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 3043

21 posted 2013-07-15 01:48 AM

Enjoyed this... beautifully written!
-Coco-

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

22 posted 2013-07-16 10:39 PM

a pleasure...James

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