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the shadow of love
Contributed by
elle
on
Friday, 23rd April 2010 @ 11:20:12 PM in AEST
Topic:
LovePoetry
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black wings brush my skin as you tuck me under. . .
anticipation is stretched across sinew, over bone
& I am at once, both real & sublime in your seizure.
I want awkardly. . .
& dive cautiously into this catalyst,
because what offering. . .
what offering does not burn like a ghost in the heat of desire.
my heart is a cold box with a stone lock & a brittle key,
waiting. . .
waiting. . . on betrayal's promise,
that antidote for love, a bitter & replete cordial, that arrives like a yellowing thorn,
whispering. . .
"take me into you so that I might fester"
"take me in like a knife"
"take me in, for you are surely torn in your bewilderment, & I can be no worse."
"no worse for the measure"
yet I demand, like a newly washed prayer,
like a staving off
. . . a fortune hunter's kiss
. . . a shooting star
like a stone blind cropper, examining the field. . .
I want. . .
a love that wears itself like a treasured belonging,
a song, like a salve, that calls out from the kitchen, come into my rift,
a fist that does not pound it's guilty proof through to the heart,
a coupling that does not resurrect dirt.
I need. . .
the danger of that sudden gift. . .
that wide-eyed, all in, comfort of filling yourself & empting yourself,
sacredly into the soft, soft understanding
of time & breath & silken throes. . .
a fraction of the gentle confession, that creature of your laugh
flowing tenderly
your spell is a kindness. . . is a lacking, wished away. . .
is a closure for a dead heart, whose once echoing beat lay empty & obsolete. . .
& I am not afraid. . .
Copyright ©
elle
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2010-04-23 23:20:12]
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Re: the shadow of love
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by duff on
Friday, 23rd April 2010 @ 11:35:22 PM AEST
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A well written piece of poetry you have shared. Splendid imagery and chosen words to make this a wonderful read.
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Re: the shadow of love
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by Breezy on
Saturday, 24th April 2010 @ 07:42:13 AM AEST
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elle, this is exceptional. There is a poetic wealth inside
this that covers with splendid rapture. It is the kind of
poetry that gently reduces the reader to sighs and
envy-- a beautiful blend of wonder, allure and romance.
Suberb writing! -- Achelois
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Re: the shadow of love
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by FleurdeSang on
Monday, 24th May 2010 @ 02:38:29 PM AEST
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I honestly have no words. This swept me away into a dark, breathing softness that I have known once before. Such beauty. And that last line... The ultimate acceptance. There is nothing more precious. What beauty...
In awe, and content in this silence,
~S.
(who appears to have had some words after all.)
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