I am grateful for this voluminous cape of night
so you do not see how far away my eyes gaze
beyond the beige brickle ceiling tiles, far from
crack that makes a divided continent of us
it is well enough that I know how to sigh
which, I know by heart, hastens you
upon perplexing horses racing through the dark
to some shelter, rubbed down, unbridled
free to feel like a race has been run ~ and perhaps won
this darkness is a compromise I’ve made
for your belief in me ~ and my fantasy
which would never show in daylight ~ no~
there would be too much responsibility in that
love could drop into anonymity if so allowed
or loudly protested, for such is my way
to make you feel loved enough without the all of it,
so, is spoken in such a opaque voice
that you would wager all you had to say it’s so
you do not know I am pretending, or that you are,
we are such exiles in this sanctified name
that tolls such sad bells for such a long time ~
yes, I will care for you “’til death do we part”,
I mean it ~ ‘til death ~
for I have another language that you can not decipher,
a woman’s silence, an argument arrested near the throat
it is not mine to give away, for it is forged
to keep the sentence going in less uncomfortable ways
than this tryst of trust I place in you
to hold me as long as we both can
and then simply let me go
where my heart has been, all along
somewhere just above the curtains hem,
a tiny pinprick that holds the hem of me together
long enough to allow you to drape yourself over me ~
that place I peer to is far enough away
to do anyone any harm
Author notes
It is not all..but it is enough, for now.
In a list
A contest entry
- The Look of Love by NurseChilly.
1000 points, ended November 10, 2007, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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a beautiful piece of work Carol... many many thanks for entering my contest...
this has definitely got a look of love in it...
Gill x
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"this tryst of trust I place in you
to hold me as long as we both can
and then simply let me go
where my heart has been, all along"
Sighhh...Haunting & magnificent penning from the unfathomable depths of a woman's heart, my Sister. I don't even know what to say to this soulsong...besides, you already know. Good luck in Gill's contest, Sweetie. 
Wanda
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Wow!
Looks like more than enough to me. Truly an exqusite creation. A touch for the heart.
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Stunning word-art - just so very very captivating and raw (the good kind of raw)
Loved it!
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Gosh this is overwhelming in sweep and scope
that must be slowly digested with a bottle of
wine and tell the waiter to not rush...
Carol, on a third and fourth read, I love your understatement. I love the delicate quibble you make of love as if it was an appetizer, yet you make it the main course. You are a genius at writing truth through emotion. You are the most complete poet I have ever come across. You have said, about love, more that I could wrench out of poem after poem on the subject. You have placed it in the man and woman and elaborated on it with finesse. Whenever I read one of these poems of yours where you go so deep into the poetics of the topic, I truly cry out loud for the beauty you can inscribe upon glass.
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Emotionally Moving Masterpiece...
You moved me to tears in one instance, and then to understanding in the next! Your Poetry captures and enraptures my senses, I'm so in awe at your God given ability, M'Lady...
"you do not know I am pretending, or that you are,
we are such exiles in this sanctified name
that tolls such sad bells for such a long time ~"
...Sighhh, no harm done? I wonder...
~ Nicky♥
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