Black and White – 3-18-24
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Black and White
Black and white come in focus -
Absent of prime –
A slice of life exposed through the lens,
A flash-dance of story, a masquerade ball.
No sunrise of sepia - clouds absent of platinum,
Lavender drained from lilacs, sky robbed of blue,
Red-orange stolen from sunsets.
Spindrift frozen like frost,
Candlelight shines undimmed and eternal,
Stark either or – life or not -
In shadows, snow or mountaintops,
Ghosts on boughs of ebony wear gossamer.
Wrinkles and lines banished from smiles of youth
While the lens loves some visages
As eyes without color look back from albums.
Positive to negative. Negative to positive.
Photoplay in wedding smiles or tears of a clown
Moments of the soul held in tenderness
Protected in scrapbooks of black and white.
In darkness I sleep
A photoplay of dreams
Shards of light wakes me
To virgin sunbeams
Reluctantly I rise
And pull down the shades
Head hits the pillow
All consciousness fades
Momentary blindness
Dreams reappear
Short time elapsed
Seems like a year
A new day dawns
Feeling so rotten
Try as I may
All dreams forgotten
While you were away I roamed inside your home today
my mind and memories on photoplay
I found your roses in the trash starting to decay
I already knew your lover had strayed
Each room is so much like you I can smell your sweet perfume
of the honeydew it is so you
I see you sleep on satin sheets 'oh' I want so much to play
as I lay upon them dreaming of our special day
I touch your clothes so soft and see them on you as you pose
this vision so strong I fall to my knees wanting you exposed
I start to weep my heart hurting at every beat
knowing I can't wait much longer I feel so incomplete
Some would say I'm insane or act a little strange
but so untrue I'm very constrained and by no means deranged
You are my Sweet Divine even though you are blind to me
but when we meet you will see for this I guarantee!
Do you feel me? Do you want more?
3/15/2015 part 3 T Reams
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