Fantasma

I awoke with my heart covered… drenched in your beautiful presence... like a man standing in the rain… I awoke into the ghostworld of me… in the coriander absence of you… the burning of your wings still on my fingertips…

 

In this moment I am but a ghost… an echoed whisper waiting for my homeland… dancing in the stillness of your song… and your dark, haunted places… only now learning that sometimes there are no words… only silences…  

 

Now I wait in a barren mist…on woven fabric clouds… not so much a man as a ravenous shadow… And I wonder if I can feast on the lavender moon… if only just a bite… while I’m drifting on the topiary edges of your distance…

 

Now come sweet Morpheus… fill my blood with sleep… Come dear Somnus… fill my mind with delusions of her… Take me to the landscapes of the living… translucent minds of wax and bone… Que Deus me perdoe… esse fantasma…

Author's Note

Que Deus me perdoe… esse fantasma… (May God forgive me… this ghost… )

“I seem to have loved you in
numberless forms, numberless times…
in life after life, in age after age,
forever.”
~Rabinbranath Tagore~

Reviews

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

if we could only remember at the beginning of each lifetime the mistakes of the last....this is going into my library...i want to remember always.....

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you, precious friend... Yes... longing with all my heart to still catch the threads of the universe... the golden strands... and to weave a world of wishes before my last breath.

[marcus]

excellent!! "dancing in the stillness of your song" great line!!

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you, my friend. Sometimes even pain can become beautiful.

[marcus]

And sometimes the simplest things are the most profound!

[MsJewel]

Wow! This is one of the most beautiful poems I've read in a long, long time. I love your word choice, but more than that the dream like feeling...as if your words are floating with you...dear ghost...a vision of loveliness.

Julie

[An owl on the moon]

Julie, your comments truly blessed me! Thank you so much. May your dreams keep you ever lifted above the earth. :)

[Adam Adams]

That's incredible!

You remind me few words that... when a reader reads something or leaf's through some broken-pages of olden books, he seems to find something deep what he ain't even know 'bout. He reads.. reads.. & reads but in the end, when he gets finished up with the book, the one word comes outta his heart that whispers: "That's Incredible!" And... he adores the write what he reads not because he loves or likes (everyone likes or loves...) but (only few..) he understands the fathoms of WRITER'S magnificent heart that gets opened with a true pattern of long-lasting words... for touching readers; impacting the worlds'. So, I say, that's incredible. Loved it to the full for.. sure! Very beautiful thoughts you've come up with! I always have a very good time with your pages!

[An owl on the moon]

Ah, Adams... how your words give my soul wings! Thank you, friend and poet... May you find such words drifting all around you in this new week... a week of endless wonders.

[MOON]

Beautiful as usual , lyrical love and it's timeless. Lovely.

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you for your kind, lifting words today, my friend.

[Great Aunt Astri]

I love the picture and the format of the poem goes so well with it. I love the similes' and the wonderful way you build up a picture of this ethereal space. Lovely poem.

[An owl on the moon]

I so deeply appreciate your comments... your heart and soul shared on my page. Have a wondrous weekend. :)

[Marie]

Sometimes a dream is the only way to have what you want. There was a time in my life when my only happiness was found in sleep. My waking hours were empty.

[An owl on the moon]

Yes, oh Marie I know that experience so well... Now reaching deep inside myself to find a way to awaken the dreams for good... May your weekend bring you joy...

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Love knows no boundaries... including distance or death. Beautiful written Craig.

[An owl on the moon]

Yes, my friend... Thank you. True love is woven of eternal threads.

[Eric Cox]

A cool, haunting poem. Love the imagery crafted with the flowing of mystery. Excellent work.

[An owl on the moon]

Eric, so good to have you back by, my friend! Thank you for your kind words. Yes, this one flowed from the haunted places in me...

[Eric Cox]

You're welcome! I enjoyed the poem :)

Eric.