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Open Poetry #29

Perfume of a heart

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2003-11-03 05:12 PM

Mixed internally with fragments of belief,
tempting and alluring in crystal purity,
the perfume of a heart remains a mystery.
Bottled and preserved in the fragility of grief
and hidden in the mess of life’s complexity
alone it stands awaiting manifested energy.

The scent of womanhood powerful in air
boards each day the train to stations of nowhere.

Once a dreamer; how it traveled in search of relief
across the plains, reality, into twilight time.
Now the residue grown thick with disbelief
germinates and sprouts behind shadows of the night
a stranger to the truth and the missing cloverleaf
on stems of a life perceived too short and brief.

Helen

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

1 posted 2003-11-03 05:24 PM

The soft scent of a woman lingers like the gentle sense of a good poem.

Thanks for sharing this.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2003-11-03 05:28 PM

Beautifully written, Helen!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2003-11-03 06:26 PM

Nice...James

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2003-11-03 10:17 PM

Thank you icebox, Martie, James, for taking the time to read and to comment. Much appreciated.

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