Burning blue kisses.

I can't taste it in my dreams.
A safe place, no chances.
For failure or incomprehension.
I've seen this once before, open and metallic.

Where the instruments are always sharp.
And the performance immaculate.
The physical body, now seen so tabulate.

Numbers and decimals. Days and hours.
Minutes before the arrival of sanity.
Impatient body, rest. How are you alive?

Without the sound, of breathing next to you.
No body to hold on to, I fear I might slip away.
To a dark place in the night, beginning another fight.

Fight for your life.

In the three ring circus of demolition.
In the human condition, without sedation.
Pain before action, mental distraction.
If I were you, I'd wear my Kevlar.

To sleep again, standing open.
Standing in front of that speeding car.
I never see it happen, only the scars.

They will remind me, of the cosmic blue.
The burning I always see in blue.
It's you, coming through to meet me.

Without the sound, of breathing next to you.
No body to hold on to, I fear I might slip away.
To a dark place in the night, beginning another fight.

Against the shadows, the clinical hollow.
Evil little cats, will dance and prance.
Around the sacrament, his lament.
The physical hollow, where you fit in.

Where the instruments are always sharp. Poking the sensitive spots.
And the performance immaculate. Cut to thin ribbons.
The physical body, now seen so tabulate the numbers and decimals.

If not for the burning blue.
The burning I see in you.
I wouldn't be alive.
Without the burning blue.
The burning I see in you.
I won't last long.

Reviews

[Natalie C]

Numbers and decimals. Days and hours.
Minutes before the arrival of sanity.
Impatient body, rest. How are you alive?

Lee, ok I am officially amazed, this was such a brilliant piece. I just loved the insane ramblings which came form the mind one love deprived. Love can do many different to the soul and your words just proved it once again that the heart was never meant to be alone or even far away from the one you adore!

[Lydia R. Ferraro]

The comment below states my favorite quote too.

This is almost painful to read...
Some people have a way of burning through my skin; this describes that feeling well.

wonderful write.

[Cassandra]

The way we become attached to those we love is phenomenal. A magic force, an ache that is everlasting if that person were to leave. You've painfully and yet beautifully captured that special bond, with your words but you've done so using callous mathematical sterile descriptions of a horrific accident and the cold unfeeling hospital... very creative.

This reminds me of the love my cousin shared for her husband who passed away in a crash in '01; the fire 'that' person alights in us, that burn that makes it worthwhile.. and the struggle to stay alive. They had been in an accident 5 years prior and doctors said he wasn't going to make it but she stuck by his side and he did. Too bad you cant tempt fate twice.

Thank you for this write. It was personal and beautiful.

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

An interesting, yet superb write. Very descriptive and deep.


Great Write.