sorrow`d lines in a Kyoto bowl

By Devil-lyn




today, someone gave me a bruised rose
as I wept `neath the bonsai trees
you composed…  sorrow`d lines in a Kyoto bowl
again, I`m not virtuous with love poetry …
but I`ve reached breaking points like orphaned twigs
when snapped, whisper
of your promises; they
weigh empty on my sparrow`d feathers,
words awaited by the turbulence of your tone
that when finally spoken, tears from my lips have already
laundered away tarnished inks as if our love were false tattoos ~
the enigma of tongues who no longer french
but stand still, like death out of time…
 
yesterday, I took a stroll through your illusional soul
and grasped oceanic reflections
of your motives interior…  your heart is choked, excitement extinguished
in those spontaneous affairs extramural that we have created
`not as one but as two`
have now become scavengers scavenging
in those lone hours of desperation that which make us human
to moan in another;
 
I`ve come to understand that in your ecosphere I was all
but one element conquered
that I was never loved
but unloved…
 
 
as all adulterers are


 

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Copyright 2016 Devil-lyn
Published on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.     Filed under: "Poetry"

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  • blue On Friday, November 11, 2016, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    Very well written... and, sorrow'd lines in a Kyoto bowl, is such a perfectly intriguing and luring title. ~b

  • A former member wrote: as a scavenger, this work connected with me...well done...-HM

  • Void Vortex On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Void Vortex (303)By person wrote:

    I love the imagery and metaphors used (kinda creating a small world where prophetic ink flows). Unfortunate indeed... Thanx for sharing :-)

  • molock On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, molock (314)By person wrote:

    beautifully tragic, ....elegant even in sorrow

  • RoseTheBrokenHearted On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, RoseTheBrokenHearted (129)By person wrote:

    This piece is as lovely, as it is dark. Thank you, Devlin.

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