The familiar gloom surrounded me;
When I saw a swift sparkling
dancing wildly before me.
I shall call her Light; dancing Sprite,
and I not revealed my feelings
but her light I loved with a glimpse.
Light danced to her music,
the music with all colors and none,
a kaleidoscope masked the World.
Kindly, She was enclosed by my hands,
her gleam escaped red between my fingers,
as I fetched her nearer to me, securely.
When she was all and only mine,
captured by the cage my hands formed,
the light confined and darkness once again returned.
I closed my eyes to see the darkness as mine,
and a timeless truth returned to me:
the only way to have her, is not having…
My hands now I unwrapped and freely she roamed,
in the fright dark I finally opened my eyes,
foreseeing a lonesome journey for me…
Light flight ahead whirling; daring me to follow;
humming the lyrics hovering in the shinning air;
and I was alone yes, the one, to hear her tone…
Now as I walked besides her I noticed;
the shadow that still lasted, to me obeyed,
and each gestured copied: my own shadow.
Author notes
Written August 24th, 2005
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A contest entry
- The Magic of Fantasy by Mystic Enchantress.
300 points, ended December 23, 2005, 16 entries
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awesome write
i love the flow in this write . magical and the imagery as well.. well done poet.. thank you for sharing your words with me. -
This is work is very interesting and beautiful work... I really loved the reading of this poem... very sweet and spiritual indeed. Thank you for entering the contest and for sharing this work with us. Blessed be, Nena
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Oh alright! thank you very much
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Do you know that lens that you look and see a pattern of colors that change as you move ? It is basically something very colorfull that the light reflection changes the form of it...
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Nice and flowing, what is a "kaleidoscope"? It threw me off the pace of the poem since I had not idea what it was.
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This is unique...I really do like the word usage...it sounds beautiful the way you penned it. I really like the idea of dancing light and trying to take it for your own, but when confined it cannot shine for you. Good imagery. I enjoyed reading this poem and enjoying its flow, then reading it a second time and fully grasping what was going on.
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prettiful
This is beautiful
I ♥ it
Kat
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very unique and different. Keep up the great work.God bless -
She did not slipped...she did ? Last stanza means that with the light freely and near her all darkness goes away, expect those who are just mine, but this one I can control .
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Ohhhh I like this Dancing light!!She slipped through your fingers...I am curious what the last Stanza meant.this is a very sweet and yummy poem.
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