my saprophytic love

05/2013

looking back, I am swept away

imagery gathers, of you

dancing softly in the

long black skirt that I loved

twirling around in the

very face of death

you were so beautiful

even fearless it seemed

enthralled, I held you back

from falling over the edge

as we kept up with

the blues of the day

together we laid by

the time passing

cutting into the mysteries

freezing still frames

chasing speedball lifestyles

the night was our friend

you always said

you couldn't wait

till I was thirty 

well here I am

the same ghost

you met then

just as in love

just as lost

without you

as I ever was

Author's Note

saprophyte: a living thing and esp. a plant living on dead or decaying organic matter

Reviews

[Scott Metro]

Wasn't it truly glorious ?.....Could you trade the special moments for any trinket or object of man's design.
The power of a passionate woman will bring even Kings and Gods to their knees.
Damn them...bless them...damn them...bless them...damn them...bless them.

Enjoyed your insight.

Scott

[joshua deathdealer]

This is a great comment man thx

[Kenneth The Poet]

Very romantic work! That's for sure.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Memory is a funny and fickle thing: the things that we remember, that always linger near the surface, that may not have seemed so important at the time the event occurred, but that seem to be everything years later. Oftentimes, it’s the smallest of things – the way someone smiled, the sound of laughter, the smell of cologne, something sweet or corny that they said, or observing them doing something so free of thought that it made them transcendentally beautiful in that moment. No one is ever so beautiful as when they feel free from self-consciousness and can just be themselves, devoid of fear.

Your poem is a beautiful homage to a living memory that has kept that person with you all along. She walks with you.

This is so beautiful, and the person you describe in this write, is truly a love or a soulmate of your own heart... the feeling I get from this gives me smiles, and happiness through all the pain that could exsist in life... it makes me feel you two are invincible, such a power in your words, and a trust. I think this survives by the love you have in you. Wonderful work my sweet friend xx

[Hayley]

Very emotional and aesthetically pleasing. Love the imagery. Kind of sad, but intense and philosophical almost. Well done.

[SkinlessFrank]

saprophytic love...a wonderful metaphor....what's amazing is how long these things survive