Phantasmagorical Cathedral Art

By NeroMatches

Church walls cannot contain alone the light your bright eyes give,
Through painted glass designs softly breaking in a rustle;
If there be unpenned beauty which in your spirit alone could live;
Then let my rhymes trifle in your fire, lain inside your life-muscle.
It is not my thoughts that speak of love in love's most complex disguise,
If by speaking of love in flowered tongues, I try to hide you in reason.
Suppose, some copper bells and organ pipes were to sing your name in sighs,
Then star dusted pathways would bitterly collapse beyond silent mental cohesion.
If I could, then I would write the pews, and ink a seat beside you,
In wood, I would carve some numberings to reserve a random space.
Yet inside this box I have to burn the things and phrases still left as presently true,
Like how I could never see myself near your each and every standing place.
But if God were to permit my dreams to change my love into some physical shape,
Then you’ll find yourself fitting in my own melody, you being all lifetimes late.

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© 2006 NeroMatches
Published on Sunday, March 26, 2006.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • TropicalSnowstorm On Wednesday, May 28, 2014, TropicalSnowstorm (1703)By person wrote:

    This had a great flow to it, but if you just changed "shape" to "state", it would not deviate from your chosen rhyme scheme at the very end. Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • AniDayz On Saturday, May 6, 2006, AniDayz (820)By person wrote:

    you blow my mind and stitch it back, more broken, more whole...walking through wonder...in utmost amazement and respect.

  • A former member wrote: nice...

  • A former member wrote: I loved the visuals...... nice write

  • Grey Lies On Sunday, March 26, 2006, Grey Lies (186)By person wrote:

    jules this is beautiful, so vivid imagery. and the ending so sweet.

  • NikesRain On Sunday, March 26, 2006, NikesRain (1298)By person wrote:

    lovely images and such heart sighing sentiments... glad you decided to put it back up... great write

  • A former member wrote: *smiles* it's good to see this back up..it's as much of a work of art now as it was then. and you've no idea how happy i am that you've upgraded, and i get to read your beautiful words again :)

  • Guillotine On Sunday, March 26, 2006, Guillotine (172)By person wrote:

    beautiful imagery and execution. Speaking of executions, so it seems the Guillotine can also be killed in your words...

  • Cassandra On Sunday, March 26, 2006, Cassandra (14)By person wrote:

    Wow.. this is strangely beautiful to me, and gave me absolutely lovely mental pictures.. Great work!

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