Gargoyles

 

Once I was rocked in your embrace….but tonight I am only lonely….

 

And so then

I will write like a tragedian

My glass full to the brim

I raise it to you, my carved, craven brothers

My winged, wishful sisters

All gargoyles unite

Gather yourselves up over the stony mantle

Lay your hands down from their prayer

That useless choir crusading

Support these musings instead

Guide our gaze from your remote rooftops

Look down

These are our kingdoms

The woman who rushes

Perfectly

In poised, polished reflection

Tipy –toed

Fine as any china

She graces a monarch’s table

They eat

To remain thin

They taste hardly anything

Their children are pale and mannerly

And this

Elegant chip of a man

He with his easy philosophizing

Living in the moment

Breathing

And then forgetting why

His mouth feels so dry

He moves like a dancer

He balances the ledgers

And feels neither the precipice

Nor the solidity under his gaze

And break there to the left

See how she smiles

All swirled and unrequited

She loved deeply

And there she now drowns

Each and every memory

Dragging her down

She balances bags on her hips

They are full of cherries, bottles of water

Netted fish, and sullen herbs

Content with their wilt

She thinks in terms of menus

That are never laid on linen, the

food ultimately spoils

As do relationships underbroiled

Left to fade out

And one more I give you there

Past the spitting fountain

Another gentleman

By caveat and shined timepiece

He indulges his temperance

One sip slated and noted

One kiss broken and mated

He says he is oblivious

To the finer points of the argument

Even as he wonders why

Everyone seems so simple and

Single minded

He expects fulfillment

And believes yet none will come

He waits for his redemption as

he promises to be unworthy of it

And yet I can not write fully there

For he is a mystery unknown to even himself

The charlatan, the chameleon

The human crowd crashes

One wave upon another

The fair has elected its king

Though for only one day

Reviews

[Wildecat]

This is an amazing poem, loved the imagery portrayed in this captivating piece. Well done.

[Rayne]

Deb :)

Ok, this one was in a few different places for me. At first, it seemed like you were gathering your friends around you, to ease the pain.
Then it seemed the betrayer was a vampire who had sucked the blood/life right out of you.
Then you stumble upon another, or is this the same one? Someone who's true face/being is never really seen, not even by himself.

How wrong am I? LOL