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Marble Mermaids
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the sea inside of me
in communications within confines disjointed
traced by dawns muted light across the sky
the relentless pulse of time
vigilant beauty vulnerable aspirant
where memories select themselves
fables of saline burnished in shade
discontent, voluptuous, libertine of confused stone
resident in a web of waves, the cold blue aqua base
infertile threads of a wayward mermaids bosom
often these moments I have wondered
did she herself ever notice
was there any awareness
of that one solitary heart
so many tears
drained away upon my heart
hallucinated thoughts mimic me
I’m unashamed sprawled in embrace at her tail
views to a tortuous, seaborne trauma
across luminous, life described in marble
makes me marvel
at the thoughts that destroy my soul
ruptured numbness just riptides me away
yet again
Compelling, interesting piece
Compelling, interesting piece
I am shocked that a poem this beautiful has not yet received any comments; and I am equally pleased to be able to put the first one on. One aspect of your poetry makes comment somewhat difficult. Each poem is a seamless whole, therefore pointing out the various components seems altogether futile, because they are all so intimately meshed together in a successful process. I do not know, actually, why this poem impresses me, and I do not care. The impression is what matters. In the same way, I do not know how my PC actually gets me to the Internet, but it does. Like Wallace Stevens' poetry (the highest compliment I can offer), your poems create a world vastly apart from the mundane. And the world within your poems cannot be dissected into parts; or, often, into segments for individual comment.
Starward