Paramour

Twilight’s lucid mistress moves, 

effervescent the earth beneath; 

Breathing in heaven’s sacred mist, 

she merges magnetic moments ~ 

The universe embracing passion’s play,

         She slithers to your starboard side;

                     Her love eternally a senseless presence,

                      invokes mystical moonbeams
                       forever freefalling into morning.

                                  ©2014 Sandy Somewhere

Scavenger Hunt

Pain's strategy in each cautious measure,

 skilled players in the art of probable war;

  You drew the board as I set the pieces,

   lonely; scavenger hearts seeking something more ~

We excavated ruins of what once had been,

 digging up skeletons,  ghosts absorbing space;

  Burning forests occupying our past innocence,

   wanting souls grounded in the same wretched place ~

Forged in dark elements,

 comforted in familiar games,

  born to run in divergent directions,

   we scatter on voiceless paths of retreat;

 Leading quiet masquerade dances around each other,

   Ego's deception chopping at our one heartbeat ~

One day will we sacrifice our position in this rotten game?

 choking our deafening cries of mercy?

  banishing our sad songs into an abyss all alone?

As endless days waste into graves hunting our presence,

 will we salvage love remedying our scavenger hearts?

  or will love fester; a cesspool of our unknown?

                                  ©2014 Sandy Somewhere
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An accompanying musical composition

"Totentanz: Dance of the Dead"

by Franz Liszt

  or will love fester; a cesspool of our unknown?

Absolution: A Poem

One truth in your love,

fills me with oxygen;

A pulsing grey matter,

our own form of Zen ~

One truth in your love,

absolves all of our sin;

Purifying my very being,

washing away deception ~

One truth in your love,

tells me you exist;

Completing my heart and soul,

though we’ve never kissed ~

One truth in your love,

causes me to forget;

Shadows in our lives,

because we’ve never met.

 I originally wrote this 26 years ago & this poem is an updated version of the earlier one (the only difference is the 3rd stanza).  I didn't want to give the wrong impression.

Buoyant

Who you are
   does not affect
        Who I am

We are
    Our own

We simply exist
    In a wake
        of each other

One day finding
   our own peace
       Together

Holding hands
    Floating into
       One another ~

Push

 Born to 

  persona’s

   deceitful   

    mask

  Dampened

     by

    other’s

   expectations

  Our 

   fearfully 

  lit    fuses 

   scarcely        

    spark 

      Trapped

         in 

       mirrors  

      of one 

      another  

      Would  

     our hearts

       ignite 

         in 

      this moment 

       Knowing 

     no tomorrow?

Adaptation

Skyless

  Void

    Depleting

       Life borne

           Air

        Merging 

          into 

          One

yourearthmyuniverse

        Dying

   Into the Ocean   ~ Born Again ~  To  Survive

Sorrow's Anchor

The dawn trumpets vows of hallowed tomorrows,

The sun torments, conflicting mortals of the night;

Damning dreams forever separated by fear's darkness,

Their heart's one shadow dissolved in mourning's light ~

She breathed distance in the intrepid ocean air,

The wind extinguishing a beacon in distress;

Her soul's essence tethered to the rocky shore,

On higher ground, he stood forever motionless ~

His tears falling in the black ocean's mist,

Obscuring a window, weathering the storm;

Blinding his view, hopeless to watch over her,

Hearts forfeit to sorrow's anchor eternally born.

Expression

Photo Credit: Sandra L Jennings

                      The Former Occupant
           Her house overlooking vast spaces,

              Dreams held tightly in her mind;

                 Peering out these windows,

                     Did she imagine today?

Invisible Presence

Damp

          chill 
                of the
          morning’s dew 
                 runs
              through me 
Leaves
           dampened 
                           slipping
                                 
                     beneath  
                                     my feet
Falling

          deeply

                 into a
                              ravine
Feebly

            calling

                  out
                     

                          for you
The wind’s
             invisible
                     presence
                         Answers me
       You Are 
          Not
        There

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Post Note: An imaginary troll under a bridge inspired this poem. The above photo's were captured while on my hike this morning. I hope you enjoy the poem ☺

Heart's Winter

Shatterproof

   the glass 

     separating

         You

           and

             I

Expectation's 

  imperfections

     our window,

      frost forever 

        crystallizing 

          

Candles of 

  your warmth

       on the 

     other side