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Free you are Selene

to illuminate the frost

slumbering untrammeled

in the sheets of open

air and darkness

subbing as a mattress

underneath my lazy

living space

Free you are to lay

and cool your cinerecent

cheek burned crimson by

your brother's brush of

golden dotage

How is it that a shepherd

of inhabitants is free to

prod his flock with

orbital abscesses

at will and still be

branded cool with not

a syllable of sarcasm

while you Selene shy

and sequestered though

dutiful and focused on the

bathing of your bleating babies

is branded cold as a

winter pole that punishes

a youthful lick's audacity

Abuse of your affinity

for pasteurized virginity

will not be tolerated

Your warning in a glare

grabbed my vision by the ear

and I heard the implication

of a shove as compensation

for my stretching of fate's

damp cloak when I

reached in for a fistful

of silver ribbons and uprooted

you from the slick

clutches of the pitch sea

and flipped you into my

misshapen yet unwavering

Vinylite dory

I cannot lie to you Selene

woman of celestially

influential lineage

I tingle at the sight of 

your immaculate unblemished

cheek slumbering sedately

in wait for its combusted twin

to upload its florid temper

to the slush tile taking shape

on my floor of permafrost

I cannot deny the smuggling

of an animus of moonshine

through a sigh of longing

The only way of shaking

without physically awakening

your brother and whatever

mate he moderates his

lip service with tonight

while you nurse a bruise

of red abuse I long to see

beyond innate emotion and

caress beyond my limbless eyes

Author's Note

Selene (suh-LEE-nuh): Greek goddess of the Moon, more commonly known as Artemis in recent times...known as Diana in Roman mythology. Brother of Phoebus, god of the Sun, more commonly known as Apollo in recent times. Selene is associated with silver and night, Apollo with gold and day.

Reviews

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

I tingle at the sight of
your immaculate unblemished
cheek slumbering sedately
in wait for its combusted twin -- wow...magic in words.

You know I am a sucker for mythology, and Selene is one of my favorites (I've written her many times). This was fabulous, my friend. I think, perhaps, our minds share a common thread somehow, because it is almost as though I knew these words before reading them. So many emotions and intricate details. I'm awed.

[kublakhan27]

So glad you liked it Sarah :) That's why I sent the link specifically to you, as I knew you loved her story just from the references I read throughout your own work...this is one of the few pieces of mine that I actually like myself, probably among the top five if I sat down and thought about it haha But I knew you would understand the references and like I said, I was particularly curious about how you'd feel about it...as one who is familiar with the character, I was very keen on getting your input cuz I knew I did something right if you liked it ;)

[Pete Langley]

This is like a poetic version of Dvorak`s Song to the Moon and just as beautiful, but you are far too helpful in your Notes, mate. I can see you lying flat on your back, freezing your butt off, while your imagination flies through the ether! A superb poem P.

[kublakhan27]

Thank you for the kind words Pete :)

[Robbie~xoxo~]

Oh my! This is deep waters my friend!...I feel as if I'm treading in over my head.
The heaviness of this piece weighs down on my mind. I know this is metaphorical, with the Goddess of the moon, Selene, as the undertone... yet, the abuse is felt to the core.
Wow!....amazing diction...great work!

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Robbie :) This one nearly got away from me a few times, and I still worry about self-indulgence when I go back and look at it now, but this is how it unraveled in my head ;P I do wanna mention that the element of comfort is very much at work here too...glad you like it *hugs* :)

[quinfinn]

and were not Artemis and Diana not also the goddess of the hunt? kahn, this write is certainly complex and eclectic but it is also a work of genius.i salute your artistic mind.

[kublakhan27]

She was indeed, and I would have loved to work it in, but the mythologies are constantly evolving through time and I could only work in so many of their traits while keeping things concise, if you can even call this thing concise haha But I'm really happy that this piece was engrossing enough to encourage you to make that mention...thank you as always for reading and offering the kind words my friend :)

[Androglossia]

Why is it that I get this feeling that you were referring about your sister and to yourself? I think this poem is all about your being protective as a brother and things you saw on her and how her life goes, her ups and downs and being always there to save her no matter what. Well it might be about being there for each other. These might be the sentiments you can't say to her. She might not be your sister, she can be a lover or a friend. But I'm positive that protection is present all over the poem. I suck at mythology so I better leave it alone:) This is an excellent poem which I was hesitant to get involve with in the past months because I found your poems very profound and hard to decipher but not anymore:) There, my Oscar's, lol.

[kublakhan27]

I actually don't have a sister haha I remember you looking at one of my early hockey pics and thinking it was my sister too ;P I'm glad you looked at it that way though...I think there are any number of male/female relationships that can be applied to this story, and whichever one it maybe, I think you may be right in terms of the narrator saying things he can't say under any other circumstances...and yes, you've certainly become acclimatized with my voice haha It's funny how time works like that...Thank you Maryanne :)

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAutho..]

Good golly... and here I thought you were burping the baby or maybe chatting with the siblings in a den of random conversations. I have much to learn.

[kublakhan27]

Nah but I do have a sibling with a baby...I haven't burped her yet though...

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAuthor]

always some new horizons to explore... hurry, they grow up fast. :o)

[kublakhan27]

Haha the baby will probably grow up faster than my sibling :P

[Abdul Batin Osman Bey]

Love the Imagery, have you ever heard or read about Aradia daughter of Diana, Queen of the Stregha? I think you'll like her.

[kublakhan27]

Many thanks...I've heard her name but I don't know much about her, I'll certainly look her up though.

[Pax]

Vivid and profound thoughts...absolutely well written...

[kublakhan27]

Thanks very much^^

[Phillitup]

Original and well-written. Good job!

[kublakhan27]

Thanks very much :)

[Phillitup]

Of course!

[Destinyxi]

hahaha I smiled when I noticed how well this poem flows. Always with the flow Steve :P This was a great read, the Authors note helped me understand it, so thanks for that :)

[kublakhan27]

Thanks Kels, I'm glad you like it :) I can usually foresee your reactions to my works in terms of whether you'll like them or not, but I really had no idea with this one haha And there's no way I could write a sea-related poem without that trademark flow of mine ;)

[Destinyxi]

I know you can tell which poems I'll like and which I won't :P You should know my taste by now no? Haha. I'm glad you sort out your work and show me the ones you'll know I'll enjoy reading/understand (because half of your poems wrack my brain). :D

[kublakhan27]

Haha well we do go way back as you know...heck, you're the one that brought me to this site :D And don't worry, I've wracked a lot of brains in my lifetime and will probably wrack many more for as long as I write :P

[Destinyxi]

No doubt about that hun. And yessir, known you for too long haha. And that's true, you owe me!

[kublakhan27]

Haha well can't argue with any of that...but the fact that I owe you scares me a bit...what could I ever possibly do to repay you? :P

[Destinyxi]

Oh you know, a little bit of this, a little bit of that ;)

[kublakhan27]

Ah I see, but how will I ever afford the plane ride to Montreal? Sorry, I couldn't resist saying that haha ;)

[Destinyxi]

I know I few ways you can make easy money. loooool

[kublakhan27]

I'm straining for a witty response but I got nothing LOL

[Destinyxi]

haha gotcha ;D

[kublakhan27]

:D