Translucence

Translucence


I feel it most
on empty summer nights
when I am filled to over-flowing
with a sense
of peace.

There is nothing more to these nights.
there is no heat / no cold
only a startling stilness
that settles over me
like a translucent blanket
(throwing everything into
unexpected clarity)

there is no cold / no heat
only my heart beat
as it pressed inside me

My eyes will close
(whether I will them to or not)
they will close because
the stillness is
so heavy

and yet light enough
to give me the feeling
that

I am about to fly.

My feet are firmly pressed
against blades of fresh-smelling
dew-covered
grass

yet I recognize that the sky
is so much closer
to me
now.

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

I could simply say a beautiful poem but with your work i can't, your expression of the human condition is so extremely amazing... this has the feeling of someone who worries about future love based upon painful memories of the past and these line

My feet are firmly pressed
against blades of fresh-smelling
dew-covered
grass

yet I recognize that the sky
is so much closer
to me
now.

wow what a way to say that all though you are keeping a cautious outlook you are willing to give love a chance to do you right.

I LOVE THIS but then again when don't I, if you ever put out a book of poetry I am first in line.

[Teresa Gunn]

And here I thought that feeling couldn't be put into words. You seem to have don an admirable job of proving me wrong.