Deliquesce
I gaze over landscapes, whitewashed in the moonlight
with bittersweet etchings
only pale sketches, of what has been left behind
Distorting places I once knew, under a veil of haze, that swallows time
I can't distinguish what is myth, or glazed over in my mind
Where the ink, has been left bereft, has bleached away, and taken verse and rhyme
I know the moon is high, somewhere,
caught in the winter's snow of sleep
bemused that the clouds are obscuring the light,
It flickers dim, bleaching the night, until all the words are gone
The sound is mute, the color lost, and cannot stay around
It fades away, in shades of gray, like words to all your songs
Words once known, like the back of my hands
....lost in the timeless winds
I can't recall, I can't rewind, the lyrics known so well
I stretch my neck, and try to hear where all the moonlit songs begin
They disappear, and things we love, are bleached until they're pale
With stars that spin, a picture dims, too thin to be recalled
Too much to ask?....... I'm asking why.....It's me who needs to know...
Will you know me? Will I know you?....
......if we should meet again?
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5/29/14
For the Contest "Debussy Inspired"
Sponsored by Craig Cornish
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2014
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