Love On the Breath of Impossibility

Could I be defeated by love so sweet
moving in echoes
across an immense hidden wheel of fate,
spinning memories?
Would the eyes of birds then bid farewell
to contentment
by removing the shroud of flight
finely covering me?

If I sang, a song scarcely heard
on the breath of impossibility,
could someone chime in with a glance of time
returning me to dust?
Or would it never shed into the places
where they set out in ships full of water
from the Fountain of Lust?

I once said the touch of a journey at first value
is held within the heart as a home
where faith has a character of its own.
However, I was not prepared
for the power or vitality of a dream
surviving over the longest time
ever known.

Rising away there in the fields,
I wonder why love leaves
on the air of pain
with its thumbs held out
to the Light of Never.
Can a poet such as I
lengthen what is kept
inside the day when Love’s Court
is held lingering within forever?

A blizzard of vacancy is coming down,
filling my heart,
a heart once made of stone.
Yes, I can be defeated
by love so sweet.
It has a character of its own.
I bid farewell to this shroud of flight
and to this impossible
breath of song.

Author's Note

*Artist alnour on DeviantArt

Reviews

[Dayran]

A poem that flies on the wings of inquiry and yet creates an affirmation stronger than a recitation of Homer. A person who is entwined in a sense of 'I' that may well feel like all. We sometimes take a trip to great heights to see what more we may accomplish here on earth. A poem with a height of wuthering proportions.

[∂αʌ<..]

i think this poem echoes the music of love...love always had this melancholic touch attached to it!
superbly written!

[Chelsea]

Wow. I am truly blown away by this... Neva, you have an amazing gift that you are putting to good use!

[LilMissWriter17]

Amazing!! I absolutely love the picture you put with it too, fits it perfectly. Amazing write!

[Brandi Nicole]

being defeated by love is one crucial step in the evolution of your soul. welcome the pain. it reminds us that we are alive.

beautiful poem. exemplary writing!

[Poetic Beauty]

love the line Love's court. Love is beautiful and complicated. Love is mysterious and leaves us feeling many different emotions especially when it takes flight and leaves us standing alone. I love the strong imagery in this piece and the art work you found to go with this piece fits perfectly capturing the eye.

[Inyourshadow]

No poet can claim more time more space or more love, the world of words can be reformed but not restrained all slips through the spaces between the words, the best we can do is drink in every moment savourinh the pleasure before once more they call time and take away our glass.
Seems more like Icarus to me flying to close to the sun and as the wax melts and once more to earth is bound he realises the value of good advice and parental guidence. As your friend I offer you this advice before you too take wing remember the end of love is not the end of life merely another chapter awaiting your pen.
Keep em' coming

[Arthur Henn]

This is Beautiful! Neva

[shultzfeather]

entwining your outspoken heart
with a sweet sad story
that made me feel
the humble exalting power of you
Nice Mz. Florez
So nice to read you

[Garfield Rupe]

This is a beautiful poem and to me the last stanza sticks out for some reason

A blizzard of vacancy is coming down,
filling my heart,
a heart once made of stone.
Yes.I can be defeated
by love so sweet.
It has a character of its own.
I bid farewell to this shroud of flight
and to this impossible
breath of song.

[Liza]

so beautiful and sensually expressed, igniting the senses of joy and love and pain and longing