The Night Dancer

He watches her, slowly undress

Dignified, creation of beauty

Lost in her soul

Interrupted by death

 

She watched him

Impassive

Every Night the same

Searching

 

He saw through the beauty

To the woman

Gentle like snow

Interrupted by death

 

Every night the same

Searching, for what

Lost in time

Naked

 

Touched by her radiance

Innocence, dance like

Love on clouds

Interrupted by death

 

She felt something

Strange

Trying to define

Yet dangerous

 

She could be her

For that second

Just a second

Interrupted by death

 

He was a drug now

She the night dancer

Closer

Brought together

 

Passage of the woman

Running towards him

Warm

Interrupted by death

 

He could have her soul

Unveiled, for the final time

The night dancer

Bows out, beauty untouched

Interrupted by death.

Reviews

[Neville]

A cracking write Paul and I would go as far to suggest there are some who would have liked to have penned many of these words themselves....that is not a confession by the way, take my word for it why don'tcha.....All Good Things

[barleygirl]

Not quite sure what this means, but I saw it as someone reliving moments shared with a deceased loved one & each dream sequence is truncated due to this jolting realization that each of these memories cannot be continued. In this way, I find your stop-and-start writing sensations to mimic the way one's reminiscing mind might stop-and-start thru a bumpy field of never-agains (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Paul Bell]

Got it in one. Reliving memories.

[Ardra]

Makes me think of a person who watches her night after night ... she reminds him of her..but again he watches her taking in the beauty he can while he still has time... yet some other hidden story which i can't seem to find :)

[Paul Bell]

That's a great analogy. He does watch her every night
He wants her. But he's already lost his love, and he thinks it will be the same with her.
But she's fallen for him. But doesn't know his past.
God, life is complicated.

[Ardra]

Lol... sorry made me think it's the Same story with most of us... :p
Are we too scared to love... yet we love... hoping god knows what ...then thinking not to get hurt..then hiding then loving some more hehhe.... and maybe finally getting hurt.
And then role reversed maybe ... for sure life is no piece of cheese cake lol...

[Paul Bell]

Makes you not want to get out of bed in the morning. lol

[Ardra]

yes... curl up inside my warm blanket and shut down the bloody alarm clock and go back to sleep.... god just sleep ... am i asking for more :P

[Coyote Poetry]

This is poetry my friend. Your wonderful words brought me in and I wanted to read more. You create a vision of beauty and you made the reader believe every word. Thank you Paul for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Paul Bell]

Thanks, John. Glad you liked it.

[Coyote Poetry]

I did enjoy and you are welcome my friend.

[The Iron Horseman]

This is both sad and dark, Paul. Very well written, as always, but it threw me because I was expectin biting satire! This will rattle around in my head for a while as i try to figure out all the nuances. Thank you for another excellent write.

[Paul Bell]

Keeping you on your toes.

[The Iron Horseman]

You always do, my friend. I never know what to expect, which makes it all that much spicier. I wish I could match your dark humor.

[BBP]

You always throw me off with your tender writing Paul! But I love them! :)

[Paul Bell]

You better be writing a blockbuster.
I need Sunnyfied.

[BBP]

hahaha..... ive actually got alot more chapters finished if you want me to message them to ya.....

[Paul Bell]

Good girl, more like it.
As long as there's no flowers or love in it. lol

[BBP]

mmmmmmmmm..... there's some flowers but only cause someone got shot lol

[Mrudula Rani]

Is it a fantasy or a memory that comes to an end every night, as the night draws to an end ?

[Paul Bell]

Sad memory.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

a very dark piece...he watches her dance---he imagines, implies, cries for lack of contact...she reminds him of someone---but that relationship was interrupted...
death certainly leaves lots of words unsaid and actions untaken....
j.

[Paul Bell]

She sure reminded him of someone.

[AYVID N]

Obsessed with death, he was planning to kill her all the time. That's why its a good idea to stay away from lurking strangers. I'd trap this goblin in a bottle and throw it into the deep sea.

[Paul Bell]

No, but she did remind him of someone who had died.

[Einstein Noodle]

a spooky kind of beauty ...all i could feel in reading is the cold of a spirit not yet left ... spooky Paul ;)
https://youtu.be/qAP84Zc_CYU
E.

[Paul Bell]

It is sort of spooky.

[Paul Bell]

Not heard Stormy in a while.

[Einstein Noodle]

:)..... me either...brings good memories for me