Selkie.

about those who walk around us looking for something else.

...Or So it seems from watching.

Benumb 

 crucial signs of solemn origin

words you lisp

 my rose liped cherubian

the babe smiles

and somewhere inside

 somewhere inside 

somewhere

 somehow

 my piano plays a note to see you go.

Frantic intolerance to this shroud that keeps us

groans the strings

 groans the strings

they'll snap 

and make such a sound 

to quake my very chest 

I shall throw the sap from my fins 

and awkwardly dance on the bow of a chant

it dulls my sense

 so often rarely done...

eyes that fill with every still 

get smaller every day

we search down these inhabitiated dwellings for a fleece to keep us

Panza and Quixote in a struggle

a quest we've been walking 

since our souls developed in our feet;

OVER

OVER

OVER

FORWARD…

over the front

Into featureless land

A cautious smile of a kindly man

Took in hand

 and calmed  at last

Took in hand to bring back the past

Touched upon a world so brief

Adorned with a frivolous yearning

Felt fingers intwined in mine

sane and broken I'll watch you go....

groans the strings.Groans the strings.

I drift away as silence rings.

you cannot catch her.

Reviews

[celyn]

A wonderful, dramatic ending.. great finish to a beautiful poem. oh, and I love the contrast between the lengths of the lines, gives a sense of abruptness.. in all the right places. Nice write.

[N/A]

y'know,I have read this soo many times already. the only reason i have never reviewed it is A) I'm incredibly jealous of your talent
and B) I honestly don;t know how to describe how it makes me feel.
but,I absolutely love it and..it gets me right in the chest. Fantastic, Brilliant work.

[Antonio Valentino]

Oh my god Lady L, this was gorgeous!
I'm going to save it, to reread many more times

In love with your words.
Beautiful.

Antonio