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

[Coyote Poetry]

Such beautiful and wonderful description in the short poem. Your words made the poem come alive. A excellent poem. Thank you.
Coyote

[Aven]

amazing poem cut short... in my opinion. :)

[KL]

This is gorgeous. You hold a galaxy of words, and here you show them off in the universe of poetry. ;)

[An owl on the moon]

Beautiful inspiration.. a true confession of cosmic proportions and intimate emotions.. Such a depth of devotion expressed in rich colors of the sky...

[Marie Harrison]

Outstanding imagery and emotions in this poem.

[Matthew Kult]

I do hope the inspiration went further than a poem.

Beautiful is indeed the best way to describe this.

regards,

Matthew

[Matthews Reggie]

short but what a wonderful description.....! nice write....

[Brad]

that would cause a triple "sigh"....
beautiful

[Omar Fendri]

^^ short but excellent. really excellent. with no addition, every line has it's own charm and all the song is a complete perfection.
Outstanding description :)
beautifully written

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

exquisite fractal gem within the body of each word~