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.

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Beautiful words...very passionate...

[Priscilla Sayers]

Nicely done. Passionate and the flow is graceful.

[*~*Butterfly Kisses*~*]

Every time I read something of yours you continue to leave me breathless in your words that read like a dream. Amazing piece, Neva! You are inspiration to all.

[bobby]

I lay at your feet hoping for sweet nothings to drop from your lips, most impossible, imprudent, I can dream can't I?

[Audrey Howitt]

You always wrap up our hearts and hold them fast to you as you breathe your vision into them--

[Muse]

You are a tribute to WC and all of your poet friends. Whenever I'm looking for beauty..I know it's not far in Neva's world.

[KAREN]

Breathless piece of work, so beautifully written and leaves me wanting more!
100/100

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Chills, that is what your beautiful words gave me! This is beyond my ability to even express in words how amazing this is! Great poem with a perfect picture!

[EMF]

Beyond comment or words to express how beautiful this is

[Kenneth The Poet]

Stellar, a standard I always expect with every piece of yours I read.