Kiss 6

more "kisses"

A KISS 6

　

Somewhere, riding a wave of time

an Okapi dreams of kissing

her Unicorn lover

while dancing among tall grass

swaying along the banks of the Kwalu

under a sweet Bougainvillea sky.

She dreams of ancient, musky soil

the way its dampness cools her heat

as she lays beside him

taking in his spirit scent and

the blackness of the night.

It was the remembered nuzzling of their noses

that drove her insane and into a long ago

African vision, the beating of his heart.

It was the wetness of braying lips

that has kept alive

her hope of one day

flying amidst a blue sky.

This remembered Unicorn kiss

kept the pain away

as the human bullet pierced her heart;

her blood enriching deeply

the redness of Africa’s soil.

A kiss, now whispering runes

in distant galaxies

about ancient African tunes

where wild Unicorns once played.

~~redzone 9.19.04~~

Author's Note

hope you enjoy, crits are welcome

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

A poem filled with surrealistic images. A unicorn lover....is this a lover who is only mythical? Is okapi dreaming of her homeland? Not even sure what this one is about, but I allowed the words to carry me along. "The nuzzling of noses" can drive one insane in a good way. A bullet...blood...Africa. I feel like I am seeing images flash on a screen, but I can not tie them together the way you intended them. All I know is, your talent is alive and well. lydi**

[redzone]

Hi Lydi, an Okapi is a species of African deer/antelope that lives today. It has brownish stripes on its rump... and looks "magical" in the pictures I have seen. Unicorns are horses of myth that you are familiar with.. I am attempting to, thru this imagines kiss, to link myth and reality and the desire for te dream where human and nature as understood in balance with each other. I really appreciate your critique, perhaps I should not be as obtuse with this poem... sometimes in trying to write more of social consciousness and not be too "agiprop" I get too abstract and so lose the point I want to make... art needs also to be full of wonder and awe... I will work on this Lydi and am grateful for your critique... its been very helpful...

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you for taking this so well....and for the explanation, Curt. You know I respect your talent. Lydi**