Bernard Chan Poet Romanticism

In a Distant Dream

In a place faraway, your eyes hold a bejeweled, luminous sky,
Each a sphere divine in which stars are birthed and swim.
Envied are these heavenly dwellers for their place on high,
Privileged are they, privy to your every fancy and whim.

In a land beyond, your laughter peals honeyed through air
Palsied by melancholy words and stillborn dreams,
Trills a cadence that soars ever higher like a diva’s dare,
With each seraphic note, inspires ballads in endless reams.

In a world apart, your smile curls lips with a sinuous grace
Nary a painter’s palette nor sculptor’s chisel can capture,
Lines flow eternal to make every calloused heart race,
Kindle threadbare minds with untold shades of rapture. 

In a distant dream, your hand sprinkles a fine dust of bliss,
Thus is this city of paltry charm a blessed place anointed.
Oh how many eternities must I endure till our fateful tryst,
When my weary soul, at last, is by your beauty transported?

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Susan Ashley September 4, 2017 at 8:43 PM Whoa Bernard, so much beautiful romantic imagery weaves through this captivating write. Each line is a gem but you last two are lustrous pearls. Exquisite in poetic expression my friend :) Bernard Chan September 4, 2017 at 10:44 PM So it manages to impress the recipient as well as you. Then it's a success! Good to know. Makes the write doubly worthwhile. Thank a lot, Susan! :) Susan Ashley September 4, 2017 at 10:11 PM I can appreciate your self- critique of your older work from another time in your life but.., You may see 'flowery' here but I see a bouquet of gems! It's so lovely :) Bernard Chan September 4, 2017 at 9:50 PM Thank you, Susan! This was an old poem written to impress somebody :) Looking at it now, it strikes me as very flowery. I actually hesitated before posting it. Oh well, it was good practice for if I ever have to write this kind of thing again, which is extremely unlikely :)))