Whispers come a slicingA Poem by Scott Lee
Whispers come a slicing
Down my neck First, in thin strips Feathers from Cleopatra's pillows tickling my skin. A spark in the blood sets it off The Last light of day falls on wounded hills everywhere not ready for night. Clear brisk air Makes wildlife shiver A Soft guitar playing in the antique store An Old man strumming soft chords, memories falling soft as pine needle beds around the trunk of giant desires. Nostalgia comes a trickling, trapped in heart Released by fingers Playing for love. My ears are keen to its tune I have related sun burns Hiding beneath my winter clothes. Heavy clothes irritate this burn more. Learn to accept it or die unfairly. I can carry the weight of ten ton loves on my broken back even if you are only greeted with a silence that never smiles. Full Moon of heart Rises over my head Lights it all up A valley below weeps with spells of inarticulated beauty. My silent gates cannot reply I hunt libraries for the verse that frees you- Just for myself to be known This fire born feeling Hiding beneath your cover Is very important to my survival one line of fire is all I need To connect to spaces beyond my powers. Or a power that I already have, but I have failed to see by my own blinded, night melted eyes. I reach for the galaxy With only a tendril of smoke curling up through such vastness, Hoping to be heard by sheer magnificence. When I hear you Whispers come a slicing Hot breath on my neck A Dragon that I can never forget. Her eyes keep looking at the sunset A soft peace settles there and waits for music. I am no less No more than what I believe my thoughts are throwing at me Some dark knife circles me inside Finds a center and bleeds forever until I remove it. Why does it always stalk me even if I do? I keep hanging on trees for answers hoping for release of whispers Make a slice along the tough exterior of my bark And keep me burning for your blade. Whispers come a slicing From a piece of heavenly music That feels like I made in some forgotten world when I was entirely different than today and sometimes even silent walls sing with the echo of heavenly voices. Even if one man hears it and is changed, isn't that cause to break out cases of champagne and go for it? I danced forever on sands of paradise Rip me away for one day and I'm changed forever. A mind full of questions. A sunburn that makes you offer a volcano a cup of water. One Sweet verse inside the ache trapped at the gates No passport to travel What a shame. One day I will get you across the border Even if I have to die to do it One day When the air is free from chem-trails And HAARP is gone forever When the perfect glass is gleaming and a ripe moment rises in the golden Apple orchard I will watch you skate: A razor edge cutting ice No more dark midnight gate To hold you back. What will summer become like When you finally decide to sing? I imagine only tears of glory. Heart bound for the universal project. I offer you my blood for just one verse to set me free like that. One more whisper to slice me across the horizon like tornados of diverse colors Invoking magical powers to wake or dream Paint and glide Drift A thousand palaces Never thought possible to build or conceive of. I who raged a storm And built steel walls Nothing but waves of sorrow smacking silver strength. Show me the trail of summit's If I could ride your sunlight and Help blooms turn brighter Help buds grow fatter Let all the whispers free Open the gate Open the gate The Champion of the soul rides again To draw his sword And strike down The dark knife circling Inside my blood soaked center. Slice me instead With sweet sweet whispers Running free through Open borders. © 2015 Scott Lee |
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Added on February 21, 2015 Last Updated on February 21, 2015 AuthorScott LeeAshland, ORAboutIf now and then we encounter pages that explode, pages that wound, sears, tears, groans, and curses, know they came from a man with his back up, a man whose only defenses left are his words, and his w.. more..Writing
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