Remember Me This Way.

By Aleas

Heaven's mark curved the spine of a sinner
Ardent nights shed it's tear for our setting moon
Laying to rest as a listless lover
Within each other's fervent swoon
As you look to the clouds for an answer
And I would you
Watching the heat of our prayers escape breath and dissolve into the sky
On broken halo, angel wings
Tell me how it's going to be
When the present is in the past
You never said to me
That nothing never lasts
As you broke me down
With every stolen glance

Je ne peux pas l'aider, et je suis désolé.

Where I curve, you bend
Where my colors end, you begin
There is no other stitch that can clothe me
Than the seams of your skin
Life leaf dons green
Like sky dons blue
I wear you, worn out, worn in

Torn out, within this
Flight I have rendered; this
Love I have tendered; this
Wanton surrender; To
Alyssum most wintered
And with her
I never felt so cold
As when the whispers of my heart
Though falling apart
Were not within earshot
Or sightline
Of the eyes of my angel
The eyes of eternity
Forever chaste delivers
In all it's gentle tendency

Beckoning…

Relentless…ravenous…ravages
The pardoner of such indiscretion
To keep all of your blessings
Idle tickets to Heaven
A love without description
Please.
Undo these stitches
To visual symptoms
Residual ease
And caste me off to slipstream seas
To let this go...
On broken halo, angel wings
Tell me how it's going to be
When the present exhales destiny
So that I'll know...

...When all is said and done
Will you remember me as I am…
Or who I was?

Ange déchu, ma fleur du ciel
Je suis la cicatrice sur le visage de la belle
Alors, amant, sommeil à jamais

And remember me this way.


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© 2008 Aleas and Narcissa
Published on Tuesday, November 25, 2008.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Magdalena On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, Magdalena (614)By person wrote:

    This is beautiful and sorrowful. In matters of the heart, I don't think we can have one without the other.. Wonderful work.

  • sanglante On Wednesday, May 27, 2009, sanglante (17)By person wrote:

    had me holding my breath throughout...

  • CharlottesWeb On Saturday, May 9, 2009, CharlottesWeb (511)By person wrote:

    This shines...it stands out from the rest, and leaves a permanent mark. Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous in almost every way.

  • Riven Waker On Saturday, May 9, 2009, Riven Waker (323)By person wrote:

    A tour de force of intellectual sensuality - quite impressive indeed

  • CjPsychotic On Friday, May 8, 2009, CjPsychotic (30)By person wrote:

    Congratulations you two on your win. I thought Mab and I really had ourselves something potent and lethal until I saw what we were up against. Breath taking work that harnessed a deserved win.

  • Sketso On Tuesday, May 5, 2009, Sketso (435)By person wrote:

    Congratz you two! A well deserved victory!

  • Alanarchy On Monday, May 4, 2009, Alanarchy (1200)By person wrote:

    Yep yep yep. Rock and roll you's guys. :D

  • A former member wrote: a well deserved win indeed! *tips hat*

  • Echoes of Orpheus On Monday, May 4, 2009, Echoes of Orpheus (359)By person wrote:

    Certainly a poem deserving of the win, congratulations you two :)

  • Aleas On Monday, May 4, 2009, Aleas (171)By person wrote:

    Woah! Many thanks to all. Take a bow Narcissa!

  • Narcissa On Monday, May 4, 2009, Narcissa (404)By person wrote:

    Thanks everyone...quite the shock for me since there were so many great pieces...Thanks Stephen for letting me step into your piece and add a bit of me...I still love this!

  • Aleas On Monday, May 4, 2009, Aleas (171)By person wrote:

    Yeah. Incredibly surreal.

  • Leith Plunkett On Sunday, December 7, 2008, Leith Plunkett (239)By person wrote:

    Quite the team you two make. I would never be able to tell which of you wrote which piece. Lovely write.

  • Narcissa On Thursday, December 11, 2008, Narcissa (404)By person wrote:

    Thats because he wrote it and I merely added a few words....:)

  • A former member wrote: toujours....such languid beauty dripping form you both.. . .

  • A former member wrote: A braille reading where vision was felt,..mus be something in the air,..duets pieces are climaxing to peak proportion...certain passages were being recited as if i were in a cathedral listening to sacred to and fro's....remnant collision.

  • NikesRain On Wednesday, November 26, 2008, NikesRain (1298)By person wrote:

    a great pairing of styles and talent blended seamless... the flow and emotions dance easily together from each of you... well done indeed

  • Narcissa On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, Narcissa (404)By person wrote:

    Always a pleasure to work with you. This still stirs feelings every time I read it. Thank you Stephen...Thank you.

  • Echoes of Orpheus On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, Echoes of Orpheus (359)By person wrote:

    You two work great together, beautifully done guys :)

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