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The lace of her glove catches
on the splintered railing~
a pause, unnoticed.
He twiddles with his cufflinks
borrowed, mismatched
gleaming in the afternoon sun.
They stand beneath the white lattice,
two figures pressed like flowers in a book~
her gloves clutching wilting lilies.
Paper lanterns above them
sway like porous promises,
their glow diming at nightfall.
The minister’s words dissolve
into the hum of crickets.
A single bee drifts
through the maid of honor’s
yellow roses.
The gazebo,
weathered white,
holds them all
for just that moment,
before the photographs
turn sepia.
*You may read the accompanying memoir vignette that inspired this poem at poetrysoup.com/short_stories/last_train_to_paris_13604
here i go again not so clear my name is not clare but there is so much to bare at times not fare count mayself as fearless woman of light lets not call the cattle black fadeing images bumping walls face to face darkness falls bright light widows open wind touches kiss flare deep emotions start to brake the harder the hit the grater the fall no walls near or far to hold on to sustain the in pack diming sight not so bright cant see the grass greener on the other side when gray clouds loom about whats to be your fate in a matter of time not fond of holding on to be led to and from let alone depending on independient always have been another hit from below frist one dim the lights second is to sleep lights off for good i look above for whence my help comes from no stubbling here made strong dont get me wrong what dose not kill dose make you strongest been there done that always standing firm full armor in place given grace gradatude for mercy placed upond my heart for all my down falls i in braced as stepping stones on my path to rightousness
here i go again not so clear but playing it by ear prayfully another year
Grey skies
Dark tones
Enclosed by cold
Dark soil
Dulling peat
Around your feet.
Wand’ring eyes
Raised heads
Heavy hearts of lead.
Sullied Gold
Sullied Hearts
Seeking Sapphire Love
Sapphire, Love.
Downcast, love.
Surging into an array of emotions:
Violet feelings
White Emotions
Beige Thoughts
Hazel feelings
Reclusiveness
Resilient, yet filled with loneliness
Fading light
Diming Tones
Barren Void
rippling
chipped off
the rock of time
a lone pebble pierces
the soft water of life’s dreams
ripples of hope
spread across the pond
of blurred reality—
ripples bouncing
and dissipating—
curved banks confining
efforts of freedom
in the dying sunlight
of escape
we’ve become
like human truffles
hiding beneath the floor
of mother earth
in the diming twilight
above humanoid jackals
freely roam—
preying at will:
at the crossroads
of change
fading ripples
await the coming freeze.
Vision diming. Losing balance.
Lights flashing. Heartbeat steady.
Empty seat. Feeling shaky.
Blood like meat.
Drunk like rage.
Am I from thine amity pleas'd,
So tell thou how in me eris'd
Of Joy the sorrow and the dawn,
Of Beauty mistery and frown:
'Tis sung in here the sighing sail,
The waves,the sea- forsake!
Will ever rest the Foaming tail?
Or come to border- the heart's bleeding lake.
Dost not I strum the lyre vain,
Through One It comes, It tends,
Dost not in rapture nor in pain
Immortal peace will stand.
I
Is innocent the sight, art pure the eyes,
Whose light the son inheart to mother;
For she feels beating while he cries,
Her warm shall heal, her arm won't cover.
II
No more those lights will ray, while growing,
The sun of their believing will be snowing:
Eternity be leaving, exil'd The passions hoar,
To live whilst it is streaming, To Glory birth from sore.
III
For every way I drop as fallen,
Found I nor blame or bless,
Thus itself was kiss'd the burden:
Could whose hear this ail- confess?
IV
Those sorrow's voices trembling loud,
For drawling mouth them never frame'd:
Their hollow rouses, diming fraud,
Why may thy stem abroad, asham'd?
V
From mine a source may raise:
Inspiring ye be all my prize.
Letting Go
My Love For you!
I’ll just drowned the sorrow,
Along With the lost words,
Lost meaning and of hope,
It’s so easy to give up something,
Cause it’s so hard to secede,
I wanted you there,
I wanted you here with me,
But never is what I always got,
I’m sorry,
You knew about this,
I’m so sorry I’ve ever felt this way,
These words I say wont matter,
They’ll just go in one ear and out the other anyways,
MY LOVE FOR YOU,
It runs so deep,
It scares me,
I want to get it out,
Erase You,
For if I had never met,
It’s driving me insane,
I know I can Get passed this,
Cause I'm tough enough too,
It's Okay I'll Just Forget About you!!!,
Somehow At Least,
I'll go to Bed and Try to sleep,
My LOve FOr YOU,
It wont matter if I weep,
Would you stand there,
Cold as morning,
Laughing at me?,
Or would you,
Walk on by,
Saying Nothing,
No Reply?,
MY Love For You,
Once Shined,
Now the Light is slowly diming,
I pull close,
You Push away,
I just wish you would have listend,
To the things I never got to say.
Copyright © 2007 Carina Emerine
Fire burn me
Hot and fury
Melted flesh upon these rocks
Take this pain and torture hurting
The laugh with danger and the flirting
Glass broken climbing up these blocks
Building block we live around
Silence is the numbing sound
To a place that is always locked
Pain is blindless
Soft and timeless
Wondering who there is to trust
Finding nothing in the forest
In a tree I lay to rest
Burning inside the lust
A sleepless blanket
What do we make it
Soaring high amungst the trees
Fish are swimming, sunlight diming
Finding the spirit that is inside me
Take this fire
Burn it higher
Set me to drift above the sea
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