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Cerulean Seclusion

In blackness,
 I hear forked tongues 
whisper wicked witchery,
hope within arthritic 
  ink slowly f a d e s
as darkness descends  
upon snow-speckled heart, 
and a murder of 
   crows can be heard~
cawing amidst flamingo fogs 
   carrying  thoughtless art, 
over the rolling hills 
enveloped with
   murky memories…
there I stretch these  
    breathless fingers~
gingerly reaching 
   for cashmere curtains, 
reflecting 
  on jaded surfaces 
adorned with lost 
  dreary dreams drenched 
in scentless deceit.

But as liquified light of the   
milky quartz moon stream,
I ponder, could I be 
   the one you think of
when stars shimmer 
  above lunar-kissed lakes~
while cauliflower clouds 
  drift amidst musical mists?
For I hear my name 
   in your plum poetry,
serenading love  
 in magnetic marigold metaphors…
Perhaps, there is no 
  right rhyme to reminisce~
when every forsaken rhythm, 
and broken ballad 
is spoken 
   through unbending 
sangria silence. 

Yet, tonight I gaze 
  beyond trembling skies,
hoping that maybe one day,
waning constellations 
can see the 
  crystalline colors
of my tainted truth, 
how the glow within 
  me has been f r o z e n~
  left hanging in 
 swollen syllables of sorrow,
while I await 
glorious gifts 
  of glistening rain to pour…
  whimsical wind and 
pulverizing waves can feel,
how my soul 
  thinks in ironic idioms
mourning misplaced musings~
with fickle verses 
that phased 
 this eclipsed canvas 
with restless phrases,
  fragranced with 
     forgiving refrains.

I wonder is this
another
  dreadful beginning,
or might this be 
  a blissful ending,
of a thunderstruck
tale that strikes,
  from the honey-glazed abyss 
of unknown gloaming…

Tomorrow,  when twilight twinkles~
 orchestrating 
   ethereal anthems,
in charismatic cadence,
  find the silken silhouette of 
tear-stained tulips 
from my garden of grief~
there they sprout in 
   cerulean seclusion, 
between fleeting feathered lines 
    of daisy dusk and 
        daffodil dawn.

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