Whenever I read your assemblage of words
I frown down into my tea,
for I cannot declare
the radiance of their verse.
Once I read and was entranced as
a gossamer veil over that which it covers
anticipating the beauty
it waits to reveal.
Another was an epiphany of warmth
that crept up into my cheeks as I
felt deep admiration reaching
like a dalliance from your heart.
I kept the ragged napkin within my reach,
carried your kissable murmurs,
and when fingertips brushed the familiar, worn, edge,
I would smile a whimsical crescent.
As a nemesis follows in shadow
I soon became aware of the plethora of fluke;
logic has not rendered me justice as
I have been blinded by a talisman.
Any imaginative mind can take and
run with sumptuous romance
inherently trusting what they
wish to be virtue.
Tucked into our bungalow
I was a youthful figment of your own creative wish.
There we lay deceived by our own quintessential lie
enjoying our cover of lust.
Pouring now over the all important napkin remnant
I look to you and know you to
conflate the ripples of my dream
with a mere talisman of amore.
A contest entry
- what you will by Fairies on Fire.
850 points, ended September 14, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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oh my god this is remarkably beautiful...such profound imagery...this is intense in its beauty
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This is a lovely reflective pen, well written . we never are what we wish, are we. very nice pen
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Wow. I think this has all of my favorite words in it. I have a poem "The Talisman Root"
Only thing I have a problem with is "xerox"... Implies a copy. And that is incongruous with 'creative' which is more of a keeper. Might try figment, or firmament. It opens a barrage of ideas; of how we try to blend with a partner, become what we believe they want; avoid what we fear they will dislike. The behavior is a critical part of bonding, and is too expensive. When we collapse, exhausted and return to our true selves, the other feels betrayed, or lied to... -
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Thank you for your thoughtful comment and recommendation. The piece does sound better with your selected word choice.
Kelly
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