Dark Lights ...collaboration with Zahra

Dark Lights

Roses  - beauty entangled

with mortality

a promise of wrath and passion both

thorns project

 a reminiscence of woe 

holding on faithfully

to all the moments of rapture

piercing hands bleeding red

her jewelry are vines and moss

swaying in breezes moving 

where does evil come from?

her hips 

along the river's bending

surface waters rich skimmed with 

milk and midden

blurring the deep and powerful

meant to grab, hold and force into

darkness below the surface  

Fountains 

- her endless grace flowing,

taking away the spirits of soil and leaves

to a dream of rebirth

pools below gather beasts

choosing  frenzy but

one swims ....

family sinking deep in the bed load

 cobra hiss spitting

 bob weaving and

caught in the swaying

we ....

boughs of iron oak

bending breezes 

web snaring ...

catching 

holding

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

they could have been so calm, so serene---but then there was the Garden...the tree of knowledge---and the reality of life afterward...
life is thorns and passion, love and hate, sweet nectar and poison...all at once---
carefree left when God said "everybody out of the pool"
we all need to find the perfect fig leaf so we can cover just enough of ourselves to keep our dignity through life.

j.

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahahaha right you are jacob....love your take on this ..i have a smile to last the day now...through the light and the darkness ;)))) thanks man!
E.

[Zahra]

Loved the 'everybody out of the pool' bit. Thank you jacob :D

[Tomás Ó C..]

Cool drum n bass music... yes, roses are iconic of romance, the passion and the pain

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks Tomas ... so nice to have your review ... yes, iconic .. :)
E.

[DIVYA]

The red of roses is so reminescent of passion but also of wrath. Such is the calling of a thorn, even though a symbol of woe, to encase the seat of rapture. "Her hips, along the river's bending"... pure poetry in motion. My compliments to both the awesome poets for creating this rich, vividly stunning piece of poetry. Loved it to bits, dear Zahra & E. ❤

[Zahra]

Thanks so much Divya, your words mean a lot to us. It was another of E's amazing ideas that turned out to be such a lovely experience for the both of us.

[DIVYA]

Indeed, writing beautiful poetry with a friend is so uplifting. It was such a pleasure to read Zahra!

[Zahra]

True that. And thanks again :)

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks DIVYA! your review is wonderfully encouraging.
E.

[Zahra]

Yayyy!!! Finally published. Another amazing collab, thanks for the experience, E.

[Einstein Noodle]

ohhhhhh thank you Zahra my wonderful friend ..we have such a time in collaborating don't we?! yes...so happy we have this one here at the Cafe ... finally ;))
E.

[Zahra]

It's always a pleasure.

[DIVYA]

You both were amazing here. Thanks for sharing ❤