Theft of Empress and Her Bounty

I awoke to the world as it was-
 
Masquerade cascade
 
Hitting pavement to spread
 
Greasy wheels
 
or carnival games that churn with the EYE
 
 
 
Let me look closer,
 
I see a stolen portrait
 
and your fertile limbs unwinding
 
i pause-
 
Listening to what was not said
 
 
 
Before long, back on the grind
 
Sweating tickets and ribbons
 
As the quotas always climb
 
Soon I will see
 
The Record of Time
 
 
 
Now it is easier to drift
 
Your passion eclipsed
 
My mischief
 
I've searched for a girl like you
 
 
 
To close the tomb of time
 
Resurrecting the I of Atlantis
 
Take me to your dark room
 
I won't dodge the shattered glass
 
 
 
Love is whole
 
Wholesome and healthy
 
Strangers cast a furtive eye
 
They know what I did to you
 
Under October's crescent moon
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Grisetti Avatar
May 16, 2012 at 6:17 PM
Really like "listening to what was not said". Well written poem.
Grisetti Avatar
May 16, 2012 at 6:17 PM
Really like "listening to what was not said". Well written poem.
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