Nocturnal Pleasure

By Leith Plunkett

Breathing slowly
like a whisper through the ages
inhaling what is left of a dream
long lost to the heavens


Just another of nights shadows
counting stars
before they bleed into dawn


I will not read our book again
the ending is just to hard to take

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Copyright 2012 Leith Plunkett
Published on Thursday, July 12, 2012.     Filed under: "Love" and "Poetry"
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  • Cassette On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, Cassette (1144)By person wrote:

    this is strong and tender, both.

  • Scarrzz On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, Scarrzz (238)By person wrote:

    I feel the anguish and regret, so intimately delivered. Staring at beauty when all beauty is now only a bitter reminder that you cannot share it with the one the inhabits your heart. You brought tears with these few lines. Scholar

  • boneplate On Saturday, July 14, 2012, boneplate (58)By person wrote:

    .....unfortunate...but excellent write.... i feel the agony...your hurt in the words..... thank you for sharing this piece of yourself....

  • Corinthian On Friday, July 13, 2012, Corinthian (309)By person wrote:

    Hello I remember your kind face and how beautiful it felt to read you .....thankyou for bringing your calm ... gorgeous blog aswell ...many dreams and wishes to you always

  • dwells On Friday, July 13, 2012, dwells (4288)By person wrote:

    The transitory nature of the lovliness of night as another day dawns. Suggest something like "without a happy ending" for the last line since the one you used is very popular and in the vernacular as they say. But it does express itself very well and much enjoyed, thanks.

  • Lylani On Friday, July 13, 2012, Lylani (116)By person wrote:

    such a familiar feeling you capture so well, that sweet torturous longing of looking back on a past that can never live in the light again. Beautiful and sad, thank you for sharing, and nice to see you back

  • A former member wrote: Can you go back and rewrite the ending? (Not the poem itself.. but the ending of the story?) Give it a new outcome.

  • FadedBlues On Friday, July 13, 2012, FadedBlues (2172)By person wrote:

    ...very sad, a story that promises heartbreak...

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