A Silhouette

Plush red velvet pillows rest  secluded
light bent amid scenic shoji screens
ornate vines twist and turn giving way
a silhouette stares ahead without face 

Pin pricked blood blackened by pain
drips  holes drilled out   stitched
loop by loop  the fabrics of life 
tying up loose-end-less thoughts 

Time  still  lost but never found
feelings frost within a frigid wind
felt  in the recesses of the dark
trembling  fingers wave farewell

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 5/20/2017 1:38:00 PM
Good Afternoon Tim. Your title and first line set the tone and tell the reader this was going to be quiet and somber with much reflection that makes the reader pause. And yes, the ending line does the same. Sad quiet entries always make for marvelous expression and poetry. Have a wonderful night. Well done
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Date: 5/20/2017 8:36:00 AM
That silhouette play, Indonesian theatre, I love it, including the trembling fingers... Wonderful wonderful metaphor. Painful, but beautiful. Smile my friend :)
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Date: 5/20/2017 4:46:00 AM
A haunting and chilling feel to the words in this poem Tim. Is it a metaphor for the indentured workers? ; )
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Date: 5/19/2017 10:32:00 PM
that last verse so very powerful, amazing poem!
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Date: 5/19/2017 9:22:00 PM
This is nicely done Tim but O.O
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Date: 5/19/2017 3:26:00 PM
Oh that Goodbye ..One can visualize it ..and feel the deep emotion of forever away..Powerful and Sad.
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Date: 5/19/2017 2:42:00 PM
What an interesting and beautiful poem. Who is really that mysterious figure saying goodbye with 'trembling fingers'? Amitiés
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Date: 5/19/2017 11:51:00 AM
seem very dark and beautifully scary
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Date: 5/19/2017 11:41:00 AM
I like this more each time I read it. nicely done.
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Date: 5/19/2017 11:20:00 AM
Kind of dark and kind of sad but really cool my friend.
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