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Monotone Skies

this monotone sky
is less full than i
this moonless night

lonesome is the star
that flickers
in the weave of clouds
obscured of darkness

i stand shapeless
in the absence of light
where shadows recede
hidden like thoughts
forbidden

i search
through the fog
of clouded mind
trying to find 
the lucent glow
of your soul
to usher me
through this obscurity
of nighttide

Copyright © Sandra Adams | Year Posted 2019

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Sam Kauffman Date: 4/26/2020 10:52:00 PM So many thought provoking and profound images - "stand shapeless," "lonesome is the star," "weave of clouds" talk of lonliness and the need to connect. Wonderful. Congratulations, dear friend. Login to Reply

John Watt Date: 4/26/2020 5:30:00 PM Sandra, i keep looking for your face on the MasterClass ads. I'd subscribe in a heartbeat if you taught a class on writing free verse poetry! Another beauty with so many interwoven threads and images stated so elegantly. Congrats on the win. Gorgeous! Hugs Login to Reply Sandra Adams Date: 4/26/2020 8:35:00 PM wow... what a wonderful comment... I think you already write wonderfully my friend :) thank you for your kind words... hugs

Caren Krutsinger Date: 9/10/2019 3:36:00 AM " i search through the fog of clouded mind" - soulful! Login to Reply Sandra Adams Date: 9/10/2019 5:31:00 AM Thanks Caren. It was a dismal day that spoke to my muse :) hugs

Funom Makama Date: 9/9/2019 10:17:00 AM This is a masterpiece. Your soul is palpable here, a great dish of lines my wonderful friend. Login to Reply Sandra Adams Date: 9/9/2019 11:34:00 AM Thank you so much for your kind words and graceful visit :) hugs

Brenda Chiri Date: 9/6/2019 11:34:00 AM Wow I loved this!;) Login to Reply Sandra Adams Date: 9/6/2019 5:06:00 PM Thank you Brenda... this one came out of nowhere...hugs

Caren Krutsinger Date: 9/5/2019 10:47:00 PM "trying to find the lucent glow of your soul" - this is gorgeous writing! Login to Reply Sandra Adams Date: 9/6/2019 5:06:00 PM Thank you Caren, my muse comes up with some touching things sometimes, but likes the dark most... :) hugs

John Hamilton Date: 9/5/2019 2:07:00 PM Obscurity of night tide, I love your word phrasing and combinations, brings a freshness to each write although similar in tone, each one stands alone. Login to Reply Sandra Adams Date: 9/5/2019 2:42:00 PM Thank you my friend for your constant support and kind comments ..I guess I can twist the same emotion in different ways :) hugs

Chris Green Date: 9/5/2019 1:40:00 PM An eerie and lonely feeling piece. 'i stand shapeless in the absence of light where shadows recede hidden like thoughts forbidden' This stanza really spoke to me. All the way around fantastic. I don't know how I missed this earlier but thankfully I found it now. Login to Reply Sandra Adams Date: 9/5/2019 1:45:00 PM Thank you Chris I now know the reader felt what the night made me feel last night. When it’s total darkness through the clouds. I snuck this one on at the same time the angel winners list hit :) hugs

Vijay Pandit Date: 9/5/2019 12:12:00 PM I hear the solitary sound..of obscurity..well written as always, Sandy. Login to Reply Sandra Adams Date: 9/5/2019 12:16:00 PM thank you my friend...it was just a gloomy looking evening, although no storms fell....:) hugs

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 9/5/2019 9:42:00 AM - Sounds thoughtful ... and sad - Lovely written, Sandra :) - hugs //Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Sandra Adams Date: 9/5/2019 9:47:00 AM Thank you Anne-Lise...last night we had clouds (linked to Dorian i believe) and it was just an ominous night...i penned all but the last few lines last night... hugs :)