Velvet Ribbons<\/p>\n
Something in my eye\u2014is it gloom again?
\nA myth made for morose men
\nTells of those chosen by subliminal declamations,
\nWho scream at the sky and one-sided reflections.
\nShells I wish not to collect,
\nResound after an emptiness that forebodes catastrophe.
\nEsprit de corps and an emotionless elect,
\nSurvives in the torment of the earth and mind, the decimation of body.
\nA star of serenity shackled in the dark,
\nCringes as all but a heart hung dry.
\nLead fingertips and sullen footsteps refrain distance beyond the mark,
\nAnd rivers like strands of string dangle over the edge.
\nVisions of a disembarking vessel down murky lanes,
\nAnd voices captivate my memory locked away from hearing;
\nTraveling tranquility trails on an endless turn of a road.
\nNever did I remember to check the time.
\nHungry will I be by tomorrow as soon as tomorrow remembers.
\nWheels crunch the dirt of the road,
\nMy eyes are but passerby,
\nAnd latched hands are unlatching the door.
\nShimmering rays of gold brighten up the field.
\nBarley brought in for the season,
\nFidgety wagons creaking down wide bridle paths of grey,
\nAnd stained slacks and happiness are opening the farmhouse door.
\nA vague recollection unintended,
\nThe house needs to be painted soon.
\nChips away every second for a memory:
\nExchanged till cessation decides to make an arrival.
\nFluttering laced dress, white on the smoothness of skin,
\nSummer eyes and lucidity of complexion, says to me,
\n\u201cSupper smells wonderful, my dear.\u201d
\nAnd these memories of simplicity and warmth echo, as I am homely once again.
\nRemoval of miniscule expectancy,
\nDeafness succumbed to repulsions to and fro,
\nAre incessant trifles to the shocked of heart.
\nSuddenly the rampart of soundness has been breached.
\nReturning to a hundred miles distant:
\nCrisp and flowing wind through golden crops
\nConsoles me, and a rampant grey is shunning the sun,
\nWhile bursting forces shatter the stems and splinter the earth.
\n\u201cYou silly.\u201d
\nBreezes of complaisant remnants return over my heedless frame,
\n\u201cMy sweet, there is something I must tell you\u2014\u201d
\nAs velvet ribbons clothe my fading attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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