~*~ Falcons Gliding Among Ruins ~*~

By NikesRain




she's skimming across the floor like thistledown
parchment feet engraved with silk tied sonnets
that seem to keep her just off the ground
turning pirouettes that bleed with passions lost
grasping at forgotten heartbeats as if they were wishes
there's only music in her veins when she's breathless

~*~

the sky seemed to inject into her vision long ago
not with the glow of a sunrise but the silver of the moon
she still focuses with amorphic shades of dreaming
mixing a pallet of reverie like smoke and indigo
looking for the softest curves in the roughest barks
that vibrant streak of azure singing on wolvesbane petals

~*~

she sways among blushing magnolia boughs that reach for her
they know where every snowflakes kiss has marked her skin
slipping past the hollow fallen oak where her tears hang like fireflies
she brushes close enough to shiver then slips away on a breeze
impervious to the nightshade pleading for her sighs
trailing splinters of shattered stars like ribbons of dulcet desire

~*~

someone forgot to tell her she should close her eyes
hyperopic dreams shouldn't dance within a myopic heart
yet there are times when the phantasms of longing blind her
steps tracing devotions like bows making love to violins
the music that eminates from her soul resounds through the sky
then one errant root catches her sorrow and she falls like autumn

~*~

she's floating under moonbeams with midnight dusted wanting
waiting for the dawn to come and force her back to the ground









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Copyright 2010 NikesRain
Published on Thursday, June 24, 2010.     Filed under: "Fantasy" and "Poetry"
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  • Lux On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, Lux (299)By person wrote:

    I saw visions while reading this. A ballet dancers feet, cracked and bleeding for the dream to Be. Falcons swooping alongside a cliff, dangerous and deep and deadly, but so thrilling. And more than anything I saw the witch I once was, whispering sweet passions sadly to the poisons and antidotes, slipping through a quiet woodland. This is etched into my mind. Thank you.

  • carlosjackal On Tuesday, May 10, 2016, carlosjackal (3015)By person wrote:

    A deep entrancing piece that rewards and reveals that bit more on each subsequent read. Mesmerising.

  • lenores_death On Thursday, November 8, 2012, lenores_death (15)By person wrote:

    brilliant. beautiful. breathtaking. too many things to say, and not enough words to say it.

  • A former member wrote: You had me at falcons. Excellent!

  • purr_verse On Monday, August 2, 2010, purr_verse (1059)By person wrote:

    your poetry = beautiful. it really does. the concluding couplet is especially divine; oh, and "amorphic shades of dreaming" - love that.

  • A former member wrote: intoxicating.... feels like being completely absorbed into a dream... anti-gravity fantasy.. graceful as a goddess is..

  • A former member wrote: Whimsical and free. Lovely write. =)

  • Riven Waker On Sunday, June 27, 2010, Riven Waker (323)By person wrote:

    quite a mesmerizing piece - lulled me into a state of deep tranquility - beautiful & brilliant

  • A former member wrote: Brilliant write again. As always! :)

  • Dilated View On Saturday, June 26, 2010, Dilated View (583)By person wrote:

    This felt musical, flowing, enchanting, like something that couldn't possibly exist but which has not yet realized that. Soothing, very much enjoyed the visuals you created and the way you displayed them. Nicely written.

  • ALBATROSS On Thursday, June 24, 2010, ALBATROSS (197)By person wrote:

    Just gorgeous. You paint quite an image, I can tell you put a lot of effort and deliberation into it. There is a motion to the images as well, something dynamic. I quite liked "hyperopic dreams shouldn't dance within a myopic heart" Well done.

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