Blue Jade


Wherever the winter falls,
upon snowflakes of a frozen saudade ~
rising from the flares
of maple-gold and copper,
I waltz in lilac lanes of petrified pigments,
imperfectly splattered by impure poppies ~
exhaling myself in a universe without you...

Somewhere in darkness,
billowing along broken curves
I feel entranced to follow
these scattered sapphire streaks
of a shattered star ~
whose curse has criminalised
me in a never-ending cage of seconds,
where grenades of grief
burst within my lungs,
wrecking every nerve
with tremors of tattooed trauma,
pulling me as fragments
in the galaxy of wisteria voids,
where I am nothing ~
but a fog of fairy-tears,
and hues of laughter
are just a myth,
lingering in the blindfolds
of fractured nightingale beliefs.

I once gave all of me,
to those four celestial letters ~
dancing hysterically
upon the hieroglyphics
of your aquamarine hyacinths,
and now fears frolicking,
have abandoned me
from revealing ruby-glazed rhymes ~
locking consciousness
in a space where —
fireflies shaking off
soothing sparkles
are threatened and
any leaf dare not serenade
in whimsical sirens,
which may synchronize
  the harmony of 
my heartbeats with yours,
 mon amore... 

How can I give you
memories to cherish,
when I am ceasing to exist,
in the creases of venus-glared wings ~
floating across the midnight palettes?

O' dear jasmine-jewelled july, 
utter those moon-dove dialects 
when you promised to stay with me
till the end of life ~
ferrying through forgiven fragrances
in labyrinth-white lessons. 
Beneath crimson chandelier, 
I'll be your Juliet longing
for my calligrapher Romeo, 
as this soul is a canvas, 
for his strawberry stanzas, 
and in the orchard of cupid ~ 
his touch will be remembered, 
as a kiss of sunshine, 
midst a thousand tulip-honey topaz... 

I fell in love 
with the love I held so close ~
but it is a smoke in this moment, 
and today is misplaced
in a mist of misunderstandings. 
Soon, I'll be swallowed 
in an eternal slumber ~
of my dreams that didn't come true, 
 of my rose melting in periwinkle jade...
      pondering ~ 
   are you real or just my meditated mirage?

My lips will keep shivering in sighs,
with your nameless facade,
shaped in apricot aromas,
performing rituals ~
as a slave to your silence, 
for, maybe affection is just a scar,
growing wilder
  than the speechless sun,
upon a marionette's Medusa spirit,
  and she may remain blue, 
clenched in the fist of karma ~
  no monarchs of melancholy to shield her.
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Poet Avatar
January 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Your poetry is always full of substance, fragrance, and enthusiasm and it's always a pleasure to read them. Congratulations on your contest win, dear Hiya.
Liguori Avatar
January 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This poem of yours is simply dazzling. Great job! Please enter my next contest about Glenn Hughes and Joe Lynn Turner.
mysore Avatar
January 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Congratulations dear poet. Cheers!!!
Beaufort Avatar
December 19, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Hiya, There's sadness throughout this poem. It's amazing how you weave it all together and use so many different images to express this feeling. The "blue" meaning has been captured here and preserved for all to experience and contemplate. We're lucky it's only for a contest as I can't imagine you as being as sad as this. But of course, we all have some disappointments in life. I know I have had them. It bothers me much less now since it seems to be part of living.
Hind Avatar
December 14, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Gorgeous, gorgeous writing, I cannot belief your depth and gift sometimes... especially for you're so young.... <3 wow
Rose  Avatar
December 14, 2024 at 10:05 AM
your poetry is always so full of texture scent and emotion, its always a privilege reading your fine fine poems.
Jayasankar Avatar
December 13, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Dear sweet Hiya, what an excellent heartrending write. "Where grenades of grief burst within my lungs wrecking every nerve with tremors of tattooed trauma", aww so poignant...I hope this is all fiction, as you wrote this inspired by the song. Hope you are doing great, dear friend. Glad to read your poem after a long time, as I have been on and off here. Have a blessed day. Hugs. ~ Ani
Greenhough Avatar
December 13, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Beautiful metaphors combine with ascending tensions between realities. Nicely penned.
Kendrick Avatar
December 13, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Creative lines penned. Way to go. Thanks for sharing. Sara K
Empress Avatar
December 13, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Dear poetic soul, this is such a poignant interpretation of the lyrics which im sure translates and depicts exactly what it says in the song. So many heartfelt metaphors, Alliterations and depth in your word weaving here. “are you real or just a mirage “ that really speaks to my soul, sometimes how one can question so much more when engrossed in emotions. I also love “How can I give you memories to cherish, when I am ceasing to exist, in the creases of venus-glared wings ~ floating across-“ those words felt so sincere, sometimes when we feel like we are overwhelmed it might be hard to think that we can give anymore than we feel within! So many exquisite lines in this, i loved the medusa line ofcourse and also the romeo and juliet line! They are so impressive how you’ve incorporated that here in your ~
Empress Avatar
December 13, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Very emotive and touching poem. “ as a slave to your silence, for, maybe affection is just a scar, growing wilder than the speechless sun,” i felt that! As sometimes i feel the same. A slave to silence when theres nothing but confusion and doubts about affection and love. Profound and impeccable really! Well delivered for the song! Best wishes for the contest! I think this will score well. Sending you light always.
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December 13, 2024 at 2:05 AM
This poem is written for the contest by Robert James Ligouri and is inspired by the song "Blue Jade " - Glenn Hughes.
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