TRANSITION

by ghosts in bloom   Jan 21, 2015


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a quarantine of tender words
tongues swollen and thick
with gun smoke

an arch of pine and sharp exhales
set halos atop a pregnant pause
in which truth drops like a pin

winter stings my lungs
as I look at you crossly

time slipped between us like blank pages

wind whispered nightfall with honey on its lips
and with eyes like wilted flowers
you echoed in turn

dark crept in on tiny bird's feet
swallowing your shadow

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RRL* || 20th JANUARY, 2015

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  • 8 years ago

    by Maple Tree

    Judging Comment:

    Metaphoric elegance, with beauty wrapped into the entire presentation of this piece.

    Lively words take shape in this poem such as "Pregnant" tiny bird's feet" and gun smoke.

    This poem made me take several different angles. Nature tones are evident and then to capture the fun wording, I was deciphering a transition of new birth of a love or child. Then it took a twist for me in the ending.

    I adore poems that take me on a twist and turn of events. The visuals left me speechless as well. Transition of shadows and silence... just wow!

    The title truly sets form and shape of this piece for me.. Just lovely!!

  • 9 years ago

    by Poet on the Piano

    ^ I noticed the lack of punctuation too, and if it was intentional, I think it was clever. It adds this raw beauty to it. Each line is well-placed.

    Some stand out lines in this piece, like the idea of winter stinging your lungs, as well as the personification of the dark. The inclusion of the bird as well set this eerie tone. Like time will move on, the bird will sing its song. Something mystic about this write in my eyes. Something quite prosaic and soulful. This pause, this reality, you are struggling to move past. But time does not mold you two back together. There's also something peaceful to this piece? Like even though the wind dies down and night approaches, this part of you, this person, is now becoming your past. That last echo of a memory even.

    I really liked it!

  • 9 years ago

    by Liz

    Yay. I saw you online earlier and was hoping you'd post something. Although, I hate that I'll never be able to leave decent comment on something so perfect. even the lack of punctuation, which I'm guessing was intentional, just seems to make it perfect. My favorite line was... The whole thing. :p