The Sensual Underside Of Cynicism~

Blended on white sheets

Her paint wept through his sternum

In an array of bent feathers

‘is this love?’ he ventured

Her hollow smile bled rose petals

Captured in his palms cupped beneath her chin

To catch the hiccup of her soul

Trailing

Her message in a bottle of ink

Discarded by the typewriter ribbons

On a rainy afternoon

Dribbling its body onto a porcelain plate

Grass fed dreams above them in a painting

In which their imaginary son leapt the horizon

Past balloons

Into the eight arms of a uncertain goddess

Unfolding wings in calligraphy

Painting the sea beneath

With black diamonds

Building inverted trees of onyx beneath the waves

Birthing mermaid tales

And dreaming boys

In the core of liquid gold apples

That bobbed to the surface

Of white sheets

Where he rested his weary head

On the lotus branded with god ink

Around her breasts

‘is this love?’ he asked again

She sighed in symphony

With the soft showers of ivy exhaled from molten clouds

Their ash through the window on a fine mist

Of sparkling wine

‘no, this is not love’ she, weary with the world

Uncurled

From the diorama of another torrid human day

‘this is just another hollow day on a hollow world

where hollow us try to fill the skin of the red apple

for a moment any way we can’

He smiled at her relentless depth of cynicism

‘come up for air’ he coaxed her from her wings ‘i’ll take you for sushi’

And at the corner of her lips

A barely discernible petal curved

Into a reluctant smile

 

 

 

 

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Reviews

[SpokenWord]

In that moment in time one would wonder if it was love because the scene was that beautiful. Maybe for him it was but for her it was still hollow a feeling I have come to know oh to well. What is love then to a woman like this? What would it look like, feel like to her?

I like the ending I feel he handled her answer well, I mean who doesn't love Sushi after all. I really enjoyed this tale, this little scene between two lovers and the hollow dream.

[Siddhartha]

Oh! This struts the whole spectra of surrealism and finds that strong emotion in its every facet - love. love, love, love and some more. And that barely discernible yet reluctant smile at the end melts my heart and gets me everytime.

[Art Sun]

you paint those masterful thoughts so well Selene...one can only sit in awe when reading your work...it is emotionally grasping...love it!

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

I love the ending. You write about a good and patient Man, (one I aspire to be) and his desire for true love. The description of her emotion is rich and complex, requiring a reread or two for me to begin to fathom.

Wonderful writhing, and reading

[Jibey]

A pleasing capture of those moments of weary resignation that sometimes revive under love's gentle touch... A poem of tired pleasure, of inner release, of spilt feelings...

[ice]

Wherever Vishnu is present, so is Shiva..to rap her eight arms around participents of joy...lucky for us the Gods demand balance, and have given Vushnu the equal power.. as is natures law for all things..

A beautiful poem, Selene..I enjoyed its colors, and textures this morning--felt its emotional presense deep inside--thank you

[Matthew Kult]

A hollow world in a hollow existance enjoyed between two. It's always nice to have atleast someone by your side, who if at the very least, understands your feelings. Granted they don't need to share the feelings, but atleast understand. What would a hollow world be if it was empty? It would more than luckly crumble upon itself in a state of madness....then what would we have?

Regards,

Matthew

[OT]

I lovee - "Unfolding wings in calligraphy
Painting the sea beneath
With black diamonds
Building inverted trees of onyx beneath the waves
Birthing mermaid tales
And dreaming boys
In the core of liquid gold apples
That bobbed to the surface
Of white sheets
Where he rested his weary head" - it just shows how creative you are - the clash of the colours and textures - feelings, emotions - all bubbled in a bottle then splashed on the page! the underside of cynicism in itself - what an idea - colourful, creative, though slightly slanted too!! nice, nice, nice!

[Peter Joseph Swanson]

Marvelous!

[Lilly Negoi]

birthing mermaid tales and then going for sushi - ouch...:)

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loved it..Selene at her best..brought a smile to my face as you told your fantastical tale in only the way you can.