Thursday, July 19, 2007

Flight of a Soul

hidden -
lurking
in the shadows,
where the heavens meet the earth
where dawn touches dusk
where the sea embraces itself

hidden -
lurking
in the faded, distant memories
locked away ... inside
my frail and tattered soul
why have you gone?
i cannot see you -
i cannot feel you
here, alone
in the deepest stalk of darkness
i waiver, without you
why have you gone?
i thirst for you,
why have you gone?
you have left me
shattered,
shredded and torn -
an empty desiccated shell

hidden -
lurking
in the loneliest
cavern of darkness,
a miniscule and frail
shard of light
i shall find it
blossoming
in the deepest stalk of darkness

Written by the.red.mantissa

5 comments:

Enemy of the Republic said...

Oh, wow, this is good!

Sandy said...

your way of narrating things in your poem in a lucid way is mind blowing. why dont u compile your works and make a book.

Lola Starr said...

That was awesome. And familiar. I like your style. :)

eric1313 said...

Yes, this is very very good!

"here, alone
in the deepest stalk of darkness"

I love that line! The choice of the word stalk itself is genius and describes perfectly how all kinds of darkness creep up on us.

I like the idea that darkness itself can still nuture a soul. That's what I make of this.

Unknown said...

oh, wow. "this ole thang..." she said, softly, to no one in particular, when she read the comments.

thanx to all, its humbling. i wrote this a while ago ... and never shared it with anyone, i don't think.

i have thought for a while i should dust off my poems and take them for a test drive ... and i sometimes have thought some sort of compilation might be a worthy project ... i suppose there are people out there that read poetry, right?

the 'deepest stalk of darkness' ... that phrase i found thru a dear friend, who translates bengali poetry in his spare time ... it sparked something in me. the words spoke to me.