Behind the Shadow Veil

By Winterwords

The sun has sunk
behind myriad clouds
dust grey
as the brittle stone
of time-worn, ageing graves

The vapours blanket out the light
the irridescence of blue
glimpsed - like the unveiling of an eye
lit fleetingly by the moon

As her enigmatic gaze
alights upon the earth
where there is nothing
but the breathing...

The breathing in of velvet air
the moisture of the shadows
where only silence bears
down, in tubular waves

As nature lies still
to the eye, unyet, underneath...
layer upon layer of the opaque
a silken labyrinth extends

Web-like growth begins and ends
here, where time is relative
as change weaves
the intricate, infinite web...

between the bony limbs of man
that hold promise of destruction
in blind and foolish hands
but here...

Life pours in rainbows
runs in circles of complexity
under the skin
through the vein...

...through the cell
through the dream
through the air
for all this...

...and everything
will change

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© 2007 Winterwords
Published on Wednesday, August 15, 2007.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • NikesRain On Tuesday, December 28, 2010, NikesRain (1298)By person wrote:

    i miss pieces like this, pieces to become lost in, drift in.... miss your work

  • A former member wrote: you have hymns of raphaelism pouring in you; this write "breathing in of velvet air"~ exposes the very idea; the thick cloistered life of us, trying so desperately to just breathe, just BE. .. *wows

  • Mylissa On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, Mylissa (845)By person wrote:

    intoxicating is a perfect word for this, I agree with NikesRain.

  • urbanhumility On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, urbanhumility (1175)By person wrote:

    thought prevolking........and articulate.........well done

  • NikesRain On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, NikesRain (1298)By person wrote:

    ...intoxicating... like being wrapped in a dreamdust journey... temptuous flowing and rich.... almost wishing the ending weren't so true....

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