Teesha Matarage Poet Free verse

The Sibilant Flicker ; A Darkened Grace

There was that absolute obsidian in the air,
Not the holy kind - 
But the kind you burn,
The dangerous fatal! 

I wanted to kneel,
Not to worship -
But to plead with the grace you bled into,
Not to abandon me.

You walked like undone hymns,
A prayer with no mercy,
A pulse with no damnation,
The undoes sanity, dressed in reverence.

A moth that denies its hunger for the blaze,
A dagger veiled in silk,
For I drowned in a gaze -
I was never meant to hold.

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Ghairo Daniels January 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM Powerful poem, Teesha ! Incisive last stanza. “a dagger veiled in silk” gives concrete expression to title. I loved this line : “ walked like undone hymns,” ThkU for sharing this gem. Sending you much Light. X. Teesha Matarage January 28, 2026 at 12:35 AM Thank you very much!!! I'm truly encouraged to write more, to express what I feel. Cheers!!

Justin Bordner January 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM Ethereal embrace is an engagement of plush equation with You, when near to me the calculus crumbles into palms of red ocher glow, You breathe like a violin into my mind and I understand the sum of affection plus destiny, we together hold a budding diamond that dreams of our desire...J.A.B. Teesha Matarage January 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM "A budding diamond that dreams of our desire..." Absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much..!!