1.
This marble face
is cracking
too strong not to feel
hundreds take pictures
posing with the figure
deep in thought;
hanging off it's limbs
unaware of the
squirming
just below the surface
So long, it has been
since warm steel
worked on soft stone;
love impressed
into the wild,
veined rock
It now sits
it's stoic visage
staring off beyond
all that we can know
feeling the warmth of the sun
and the cool wind
slowly grinding it
back to nature.
2.
Worn and out of tune
the mandolin strums
from an equally weary stool
such a distant feeling
hearing the music of a faraway country
conjuring thoughts of dark cafes
and cobbled paths by a Mediterranean sea
lights dance in the water and in my mind
bouncing baubles, hanging like
tea lamps from rocking trees
a light wind blows through my thoughts
and brings my mind back
to what my eyes have been resting upon
a simple man, playing a song;
all the while, the light clinking of cups
coming to rest on saucers
smooths the ears passage
between music.
3.
Hardened flesh
grinding into wound steel
and bronze;
blood finds its way out
marking the passage of indiscernible
fingers on six vibrating strings
tears flow from self-inflicted wounds
chords of melancholy memory
wrapping about a body;
a warm blanket of
a cold past
one hand grows numb;
the other, it's fingertips
beginning to ache
growth by the death
of tissue
a person sits in the center of a room
making ripples in the air
and feeling them as they reflect back
bouncing off of keepsakes
and bare walls
hands rest on smooth, cool wood
and the vibration dissipates into
the dark corners of the room;
the tears dry into salt
and the instrument is placed back in it's case.
Growth by the death of tissue.
4.
Tonguing dry lips.
The wind is unrelenting
but on the horizon, this desert
becomes grassland.
Always on the horizon.
A thousand pairs of eyes
have seen this view-
Prosper; just beyond.
No spyglass can bring it to you
only blood and tears.
outstretched arms;
accepting
another defiance
another drop of red into the sand
another step.
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This collection makes me think you are turning inward more then usual...in others you are remarking more about what is around you. This seems to be giving us more of a glimpse of what is going on inside.
Tigra
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