voyage

09/2011

Untouched rose petals float on the winds of your dream,

leisurely flowing towards the burning center of this mirage, 

clouds carry my hopes away across what remains of your sky.

Disintegrating rays of sunshine brighten my face as your apparition

descends to lay beside me upon our berth of spoken promises,

my aspiring hands reach to mend the cracks in your silvery skin.

Familiar conversations replay in gentler tones, while we hold

dearly onto reflections that time is so eager to eat away.

Shouts and cries cut through your lingering intoxicating scent as

they shake me in effort to wake me from these generated scenes

out of fear that I may never be able to return to harsh reality. 

I have wandered aimlessly though the brightly painted fields,

sailed the raging oceans detailed on the pages of your heart

and here in the comfort of your soothing memories, I will stay.

Author's Note

Reviews

[light and ashes]

A beautiful and tragic poem, sometimes certian memories bring us comfort so we linger in them, but we much not get stuck in them unable to get out for we loose sight of reality that way. However sometimes maybe it is better to stay in those memories if the reality is hell. Maybe being a little insane in that way could be bliss?

[patricia]

Have read a few poems tonight. This was one of the special ones. Like a ship I was blown from thought to thought, the voyage was memorable. Thankyou.

[Poeticpiers]

beautifully written poetic prose. Love is the ultimate haven

[Thea]

Yay! Love the last stanza...Brilliant piece of writing...Magnificent... :)))

[Amila Jay]

Wow, nice write, the first two lines in the last stanza are very effective:)

[Victoria PoetryBunny]

very nice write, i really enjoyed this... your lines you have written are so nice and flow so well, the first line i really like, started of the poem real nicely, and nice ending

[Shep]

What elegance such flow that times a heart beat with each word spoken it flatters. Awesome write.

[Andrew - Moon Fixer]

very nice and beutiful. giving a visual of what is in use. very beautiful.

[R J Askew]

I normally wld not read two poems back to back from the same writer ... maybe it's like wine tasting. But after Courtroom D -- forgot to sy i think it's a great title -- I went for this one still on a high from D. The think that struck me strongly is that you are just as good with something soft-n-gentle-dreamy as you are with the slap of reality in D. Now I have this vision of your two poems in a cage having to fight it out to see which one bosses my mind. Ach, now I see the hippie mom beating the soothing memories over the head with a harsh look! I like the dreamy romance of this one, but Courtroom D wins for me. If I read them both again tmr it might be the other way around.

[kurdapiaful]

Letting go is a CHOICE, moving on is a PROCESS :)

[Coyote Poetry]

A amazing poem. I wanted to read more. The poem need more tale and story. I like the strong statements and story.
"Disintegrating rays of sunshine brighten my face as your apparition
descends to lay beside me upon our berth of spoken promises,"
Thank you for sharing the excellent poem.
Coyote