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Open Poetry #37

That lingering rhythm

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2006-05-07 03:38 AM

That lingering rhythm of love’s evensong
releases the angel and demon of dreams
and so complex in nature is this combination
that feet pound the road with all we can own
in attempts to outwit the haunting.

They follow like shadows; they are shadows
shackled and tied to a mortal life
but one day an angel, one day a demon,
twirls and whirls mind’s many thoughts
into a knot at the back of a head.

Of course there’s a breeze to blow it all free
and serenity after the storm
to debate the merits and demerits
of running away staid and sedate
to a tune that demands a wiggle.

Time forces, you see, the forgetting of moves
to the thump and bump of angelic views
within the sphere of demonic release ~
and that’s okay except for the song,
that haunting, haunting, song,
that follows the hands of time
till on the point of demise.

And then, and then, one stroke after then
no rhythm of love’s evensong
to haunt the edge of a mind
that hears but refuses to listen!

Helen / 7 May 2006

StevenS
Senior Member

since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

1 posted 2006-05-08 06:22 AM

Hauntingly beautiful Honeybunch, Who can truly say love has lived up to their grand expectations?

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

2 posted 2006-05-08 07:10 AM

Excellent----loved it....:-)

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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2006-05-08 02:45 PM

Thanks, Steven and ice - So glad you enjoyed.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

4 posted 2006-05-10 09:02 AM

Time forces, you see, the forgetting of moves
to the thump and bump of angelic views
within the sphere of demonic release ~
and that’s okay except for the song,
that haunting, haunting, song,
that follows the hands of time
till on the point of demise.

incredible writing lady...enjoyed!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2006-05-10 11:53 AM

Thank you, LeeJ, for reading and for commenting. I wonder what happens when story tellers stop telling stories.

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