Bella Donna Requiem

Inspired simply by the picture and nothing more...Thank you Deni

This peace you offer

Pinioned prayers and platitudes

Scry in the mercury shattered

Your brittle whispers snap in the rarified air

This madness is thunder at the back of my throat 

Ragged and storm weary 

I tread water in your wake

Spin my tahrihim and trim the fringe 

I am the terminus of fragile breath

Falling away from you 

*Benedicimus Deum meum adventum et egrediente

There is solace in the blind blue moments 

Let me surrender 

To the baptism of despair

The upwelling catechism of *deliquescence

Souls fall clutching the flesh

Gasping for one more shredding dream 

Fill the spinnaker and set sail

I am no longer a seaworthy vessel 

This tethered hope you offer 

Stinging nettles in my mouth

On flitting wings 

Is the drone of hornets in my hair 

 

I crave 

Oblivion

And you are bound to your promise 

It is my free will

To let go...

06/12/12

*God bless my coming and my going out 

*melt away/decay

Author's Note

This poem is not about me, or how I "feel" If you know me , you know I am not one to desire letting go. I was simply inspired by Bubo's post "Field of Crimson Daffodils" - Read the original here... http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Bubo/713610/

Reviews

[R J Askew]

I like the notion of letting go. The notion of oblivion has great appeal ... NO pointless emails, NO competition, NO rain, NO feelings of any kind. It is actually absolutely impossible to imagine. We just can't do it as it involves the absence of imagination, too.

My favourite line is 'The terminus of fragile breath.' There is a purity in all this.

[Sami Khalil]

"I crave

Oblivion

And you are bound to your promise

It is my free will


To let go..."

I crave reading gorgeous poetry like this one...Thank you for sharing...:).....

[TL Boehm]

Thank you Sami! Its always wonderful to see a review from you.

[Sami Khalil]

My pleasure...Any time...:)..........

[spiritwind]

I just read "Daughter" and came to check out your work and see if you were a one-hit wonder... nope, you're the genuine article... I am going to read more of your work bur first I must go read others... I am so far behind in my reading... you have your own style and a voice I think has much to say to fellow survivors of life on earth... excellent

[TL Boehm]

Thank you, Spiritwind! Nice to meet you.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, you are a very serious writer, and such a good one.

i couldn't help but imagine stevie nicks singing these verses as i read this.

her voice, your lyrics, the movement...the letting go, the setting free of the heart and soul...

good stuff...

jacob

[mikl paul]

I love the honesty of this.

[TL Boehm]

thank you.

[s y e]

I love the background, the picture you choose, and the Poem is brilliant!

[*** Hey Jude***]

What an inspiration "Field of Crimson" did bring to your pen! The depth of your hearts ache is felt within the wisdom, and discernment shared. The formatting adds to this palpable read. Yes, the ever constant of change can be a good thing, as you have shown! ~

[TL Boehm]

Thank you so much. So nice to see you again

[*** Hey Jude***]

The pleasure is mine. It is great to see you again! ~ xx

[Tate Morgan]

Lost in despair I often wish i could disappear and return having no time pass in between

[Chris]

Inspiration is our perception of how we "feel" about ...something.

The poem has good flow and the content has the taste of understanding what is being asked and said.

[James Jason Dye]

sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt
these are the tears of things and our mortality cuts to the heart.

[TL Boehm]

thank you