CAPTIVITY

 

Furtive glance

Her azure eyes

So futile

Unassuming

Continents away

Spiritual

Yet strangely disconnected

Grave pall

Glazed pupils

Dilated

At times

Violated

Hellish wave

Scorns brutal swell

Rampant self destruction

Raging wildly

Throughout her fragile soul

Agony

Too much for her to bear

Lost love manifest

Peace

Escapes again today

No man can hold her

Not even he who cares to

Mystery remains

Just beyond his desperate grasp

Captivity

A fate

Much worse than death

 

 

© Bill Grimes Jr. 2008

 

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This poem reminds me of the ocean. No man can tame her yet she is deadly and captivating all the same. Your piece is sweeping and bold. The ending is definitely interesting. I can take this both ways: a man who is enamored by the sea he is engulfed by the waves not drowning but a prisoner of sorts or "she" is held captive by Earth's embrace. Remarkable.