Whispering Specters of Time

Shadows are lurking within the ether

Forming ornate conversations in my head

Where swollen memories are greedily fed

Images dance showing misleading scenes

Swirling vividly across the mental screen

 

Dark specters of the past suddenly speak

Obscure whispers permeate the gray matter

Extending the cold emotional ladder

Metaphoric illusions of sun with sand

Leave my heart brunt in the forgotten land

 

These voices echo in a realm of lost time

With only vapor as the dividing line

As past and present integrate to confine

 

Electricity causes blackened ash

As nostalgia plays a long forgotten song

With constant reminders of what went wrong

Life in movement with blustering winds

A rain drenched heart, bravely I must defend

 

Deep thought enthrall this inquisitive soul

Is there such a thing as a soul mate?

Within myself that I constantly debate

To one person are you eternally bound

This question hovers in my mind without sound

 

 

Reviews

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Very well written - as for the question about soul mates- I have not found one and I don't think i was ever really in love with anyone .. Some people though , they do have and find their soul mate.. My sister is one such person - what love she and her husband share , like they were meant to be ... and with the obstacles that stood in their way , they were.. so sometimes some get lucky- I hope you do and everyone .. as we all need someone to lean on and be there for us and we need to feel needed and be there..
Your poem is written beautifully.

Chloe

[roy mccarthy]

awesome write,
'as nostalgia plays a long forgotten song
with constant reminders of what went wrong.'
i think we all have quite a few soul mates......

[Liza]

totally relate to this one - what a beautiful way to lead me through the path of thought - my mom only had one love her whole life; and she divorced him about 20+ years ago; a bitter time for sure for her - and me seeing her go through anger, cold waves of emotion to complete numbness because she thought her "one" chance was blown....it made me catch on that there can't be only one....gosh if i think about staying with my first love (16 yrs old) i think i'd be in hell....not that i didin't Love him or he didn't love me - but we outgrew each other and resented each other for it. i don't believe in just one soul mate because that makes one latch onto whoever to the point of suffocation as if our soul depended on living through them...