Empathy

 

 

I saw you standing
with starlight eyes and
moon bathed skin,
A trembling pirouette
of dangling emotion
Comets in your eyes
skidded across the brilliance
of lustrous breath, bated
silence

 

I held your image

in my solitary grasp

fighting back the urge

to hold

your iridescent silohouette

The wind a dark and

howling lullaby

scraping at your

pink tinged

flesh

 

I had never felt beauty

held it in my

moist and simple

fingers

moving beneath

the shy, scar bitten illusion

 

I found those

liquid platelets

in your breath

a carousel of

broken dreams

Promises, shattered

A molded cartridge

of a wanted heart

 

How could I ever touch

those silken tresses

wrap my coiled fingers

around

flesh and bone

 

I watched

as you fled from the window sill,

breaking away from the

fractures of light

I couldn't see your face,

shadowed by the

streetlight glare

 

But I felt an emptiness

unlike any

lonliness that

had rendered me

speechless

immovable

beneath your awe struck

embrace

 

You never touched my hands

never held them in your

smooth, sanctified

carress

 

Return to me,

Dark prince

 

Patron of the Night

 

Author's Note

Inspired by a dear friend

Reviews

[Elizabeth]

This was completely captivating. The words create a serene and calm imagery. It was almost a magical experience.

[sushi]

Lovely....

[Im His Daughter]

WOW beautiful & you held captive my thoughts as i read this like a movie playing before me. Amazing!!! This is phenominal!

[smalltownsympathies]

BEAUTIFUL. magic. Absolutely...incredible.

[A.A.Romanczuk]

Jaw-dropping ....with a sensual silhouette...'A trembling pirouette of dangling emotion'....what a gorgeous line...I never would have come across an idea like that...phenomenal piece

[Khitii Lae-Ahn]

absolutely breathtaking...short, yet anything but simple...the whole of the universe encased within but a few melodic lines...

Lovely

[Bard Constantine]

Beautiful... I enjoyed the contrast to my own piece, this works very well as an opposite image. Your descriptiveness blew me away as usual...

[Ramiz Ilham Khan]

Inspiration will always sing :-)

[M.Kilani]

Desiree... you are a true artist !! even though this one is short yet full of images to the last dot !!
well done dear ... you always manage to either make me speechless, light a cigarette, or simply sigh !!
keep up the good work

[JelliFyshKissUs]

What a lovely friend, to bring such cosmic artistry out of you. Your pen spills words with graceful glissades to paint a picture I will keep in my mind's eye forever. Truly inspiring and elegant, Moonflower.