I search for answers
beneath surfaces seen and touched,
where mystery and wonder find comfort
at the feet of a greater unknown.
Somehow I find you and thoughts of you
at the end of the road, as far as can be seen
where ways end, or the world bends
there yet to be, and searching still.
Wonder fills darkness
brooding ceilings return blank stares;
purpled corners have little to reveal
deceptive depth, reflection makes easy work of them;
no, neither of dark rooms
nor wandering mystic pathways,
they rest within me pretending to sleep
waiting to rise into unguarded moments
as shadows of past and forgotten dreams;
then traveling into strange and boundless spaces
where fears find convincing faces and sounds
have no definition, guttural and irksome,
following a candle flowing darkness.
Somehow I find you and thoughts of you,
silence falls upon murmuring night
blankets stay up on my shoulders
warmth flows over me, peace rises beneath my pillow
whispering love into hours of soft sweet sleep,
somehow finding you.
Author notes
Prompt: ~ Generic venoms, pulsating within my soul.
In a list
A contest entry
- Quest For The Best ~ Qualifier by Asfand.
600 points, ended November 2, 2007, 25 entries
Honorable winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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I don't know how the other judges like it, but this is truly excellent. I just love this so much. I think its just very much beautiful. Brilliant write. PK, is it?
~Karamel Kandy
QFB Judge
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it's not one of your best poems, but it is good. i loved your imagery and language. some words used in the poem really impressed me =) great take on the prompt. good luck. thanks for entering.
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This was so creative!!! What a wonderful job you have done here. The wordplay is sensational and I love the images provoked. The major idea is both cunning and I love the reflections on different things, such a romantic and hopeless spook ~
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Ah, a longer one.
You see, there is a difference of writing short poems where you can say a lot, and writing short ones where thoughts are incomplete. Then you have long ones where we see nothing, and others like this one, that leave the readers with the feeling of keep on reading.
The last stanza is wonderful, it brings up hope after dark thoughts.
Excellent!
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holy flippin hey....ive been missing out! nice work. lovely read. good luck in the contest. enjoyed.
blu
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You always seem to write the poems and the emotions that resonate within me too, my friend. I can so associate with this one... "somehow finding you"...the darkness and the light of the discovery, time and again. Lovely, lovely poetry...
~ Nicolette
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This was a great touching poem. Keep up the good work.
Amber
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