LightHouse

By Jonas

Fog horn echo the ocean invisible
From across the flats
I hear a quiet and menacing allure
That suggests an inconceivable intensity
That lends no heed to my presence
Or the calculations of my existence

Now the evening fogs and mists
Touch my skin, gently, as a lover might
The voices of the sea seem to
Personify my heartache
The salt-tang of the air is
Bittersweet memory,
Like the eyes of first love

I am gripped by a solitude
That raises cries of fire
From dead blood,
A relentless silent passion
As like to the crashing waves
As one may come

Over the waves I strain my ear
To hear her voice... faintly, faintly
faintly calling my name

I yearn for home

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Published on Monday, May 27, 2002.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • KittyStryker On Sunday, August 17, 2003, KittyStryker (711)By person wrote:

    yearning for home... home being on a plane of existance not quite this one, parallel- you can sense it, but can't get there from here... or maybe here is really there, and there's something you need to unlock the true sight of the world...

  • KittyStryker On Sunday, August 17, 2003, KittyStryker (711)By person wrote:

    homesick for another time and place... heartsick for something you can't put a finger on. mm. i know the feeling. or maybe i'm just projecting.

  • A former member wrote: "I yearn for home." That summed it up perfectly for me, what a good way to end your work. Bravo! -SP

  • A former member wrote: I like this nostalgic..neglectant feel of...maybe a homesick mood...in the emotional sense?

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, TropicalSnowstorm (1703)By person wrote:

    I really feel this one - I love the line "The salt-tang of the air is Bittersweet memory, Like the eyes of first love". Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • maddin foxxxy On Monday, March 3, 2003, maddin foxxxy (358)By person wrote:

    beautiful...

  • liquid_emotion On Friday, February 21, 2003, liquid_emotion (323)By person wrote:

    I want to close my eyes and listen to this, but it doesn't work when I'm reading *grr*

  • cre On Friday, February 21, 2003, cre (411)By person wrote:

    I really like this one so much. It's beautiful ... takes me there. Great job. ty for sharing. -mb

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