Get Your Premium Membership

Spirit of Swan Lake


     " In titanium haze of love,
             truth is but a mere lie, 
            never unlocking gold vaults
                    of feelings, for, 
             honesty weeps somewhere
                        in perfumed odes of
                  inkless pages, 
                              hidden in our forlorn fate..."
 
If twilight roses were 
reincarnated angels, 
they would carve 
a zillion destinies 
with feathered letters, 
flickering beneath
butterfly glitters, 
adhering glossy 
wings of rosemary, 
like a balm to 
invisible scars
and encasing 
my soul in a 
hundred hues 
of blood. 

But, I never knew, 
the secrets of 
nebulous-cloaked 
vengeance which 
infused in 
nightingale's 
forevermore fortunes, 
echoing eerie whispers 
in elora moors of 
scarlet jasmines, 
at the jinx of 
midnight's omen;
for thou emerged 
as a lover in 
ninety-nine novels, 
but a guised 
killer in the 
farewell fantasy. 

As I float by, 
in the swan lake, 
losing myself to thee, 
I wish upon 
defrosting your eyes, 
that got submerged 
beneath icebergs 
of betraying harbinger
and bleed my soul 
in frosted heart's
snow-sealed 
milky ways, 
as these flaked 
clayey leaf 
pamphlets of
sakura scents 
aren't enough
to erase thy 
fingerprints from this 
poisoned chalice, 
that sung sinful 
serenades in 
deadly paradise
of Eurydice
and sliced my spirit 
to sooty shreds, 
in this diamond dungeon 
behind sage valleys. 

Laced in 
ash grey lies, 
I'm a corpse 
enveloped in 
crimson croons
of confetti, 
whilst lips 
soak acrylic 
dewdrops of 
melting roses, 
that once
blanketed our 
eden in the 
arms of heaven, 
with starlit petals. 

So, as Nymph, 
in the orisons, 
with hemlock 
fused heart, 
be all my sins 
remembered. 
For, love is a 
smoke raised 
with the fume 
of sighs, demising 
to sacrificed 
meadows, where, 
this kismet tale 
departs in the 
very ecstacy 
of cradling mist, 
and thus, 
with disoriented 
twilight's kiss, I die.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 1/16/2024 9:37:00 AM
Ah angelic star, congratulations on your top win in brians contest, well deserved. Always love seeing you in winners list
Login to Reply
Date: 10/16/2023 12:39:00 PM
One of the best poems dear...Congratulations on your placement in the contest.
Login to Reply
Date: 10/15/2023 9:54:00 AM
Hiya, this is a masterpiece and an instant fave! Heartiest congratulations on your top win in my contest!
Login to Reply
Date: 10/6/2023 9:58:00 PM
Hiya, I am always moved to wonder and reverence seeing the plethora of images and great metaphors you use in each of your poem. Your lines have choked my throat and moistened my eyes. What a poignant tale of kismet you have narrated, telling how sorrow has crept into your eden once blanketed in rose petals and safe in the arms of heaven.... now slicing your soul to sooty shreds.'Twilight, grey, corpse, sooty'... every word suggesting death and decay. Love can possibly take such unexpected twists. Very very emotive and moving!
Login to Reply
Date: 10/6/2023 10:22:00 AM
Wow. You're an amazing poetess.
Login to Reply
Date: 10/6/2023 10:11:00 AM
Such a poem filled with emotions though you tread in dark alleys where finally your soul will die. Great imagery and originality. Blessings.
Login to Reply
Date: 10/6/2023 5:34:00 AM
Wow you have used such dramatically touched lines, I was truly awe-struck. But I must say your concluding lines really brought it all home. A fave for me dear Hiya. Hugs
Login to Reply
Date: 10/5/2023 12:34:00 PM
A most emotive story in your poem, especially the ending... so much imagery and amazing lines here... You choice of words here are very good and the metaphors very creative.. Feathered letters, butterfly glitters are great word pairing and so many great lines of description... secrets of nebulous-cloaked vengeance which infused in nightingale's forevermore fortune and Laced in ash grey lies, I'm a corpse enveloped in crimson crooned confetti are some of the amazing lines..
Login to Reply
Date: 10/5/2023 10:55:00 AM
Dear Hiya, I am utterly awe-struck by the sheer depth and power of your lines and verses. Each word you pen is like a brushstroke on a canvas, creating a masterpiece of emotions. Your talent is unparalleled, and I find myself captivated by your artistry. Your ability to transform feelings into vibrant colors, tangible textures, and thought-provoking metaphors is truly remarkable. It is clear this is your calling, as you have delicately and gracefully intertwined a tapestry of vulnerable emotion
Login to Reply
Date: 10/5/2023 9:41:00 AM
"For, love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs, demising to sacrificed meadows, where, this kismet tale departs in the very ecstasy of cradling mist," -- very beautiful, poetic writing. "Do not eat thine own heart" -- we must die to old, that the new may rise in triumph. Lovely, sensitive profound read. Thank you.
Login to Reply
Date: 10/5/2023 9:21:00 AM
Emotions in colors, textures, metaphors. Definitely your niche. This one is rather sad though. Betrayal is always treacherous, heartbreaking. Especially when dealt by our dearest love or friend
Login to Reply
Date: 10/5/2023 9:20:00 AM
as these flaked clayey leaf pamphlets of sakura scents aren't enough to erase thy fingerprints from this poisoned chalice, that sung sinful serenades in deadly paradise ---For, love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs, demising to sacrificed meadows---you had me glued to this discourse of ebb and flow of love and relationships. Splendid write as always, Hiya.
Login to Reply
Date: 10/5/2023 7:32:00 AM
Beautiful gift you have in captivating the mind in true elegance: )
Login to Reply
Date: 10/5/2023 6:43:00 AM
Relationships and love can be sometimes a smoke raised with the fume of sighs, demising to sacrificed meadows. Pls dont die tho, amidst the kismet tale that departs! Where do i start praising your words? The metaphors alliterations and imagery and depth of your words truly are so captivating and left me utterly in awe mesmerized. Disorientation never sounded or read as beautifully as this! You truly paint emotions with words in sheer eloquence, and i admire that, and how your words now flow too
Login to Reply

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry