The Essence of Soft Shadows

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I siphon the twilight ether ...
Like sweet smoke from apple wood,
I draw its magic IN, (as the kiss of a hookah),
Fill my being with the dewy air -
Let my blood saturate - course ...
I breathe ...
The essence of soft shadows.
I feel your press, still ...
You abandoned this realm in tragedy,
But haunt my footprints with a weighty tread -
Your substance, my constant counsel,
Tenderly binding me, hushed ...
I yearn ...
The essence of soft shadows.
I drown in light, ambient ...
Suffused with the pulses of life and mortality,
Worn like skin, love ever trembles -
Emerging from its constraints and errors
To shed brutal but boundless purpose ...
I adorn ...
The essence of soft shadows.
I embrace the heavens ...
Absorbing the aphotic expanse with my being, earthbound -
I am the diaphanous reflection of luster ...
The misty, echoing likeness of the cosmos,
Born of stardust, breathy and elemental -
I become ...
The essence of soft shadows ...
The essence ...
... of YOU.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Completely Your Choice 20, Any Form, Any Theme" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Epic Ethereal Editor" Poetry Contest, William Kekaula, Judge & Sponsor.
~ 3rd Place ~ in the "2019 Poetry Marathon Mile 13" Poetry Contest, Mark Toney, Judge & Sponsor.
~ 1st Place ~ in "The Essence Of Soft Shadows" Poetry Contest, John Lawless, Judge & Sponsor.
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Brian's Choice W, Any Form, Any Theme" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.
~ 2nd Place ~ in the "Strand Pick 11, Any Theme, Any Form" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.
Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2018
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