Abstractions.

by ghosts in bloom   Apr 13, 2012


I feel a faint ticking in my chest
before another shiver grasps my spine;
a lost and weary soldier of the cold,
out for nothing but a mindless jaunt.
for a moment we dance together like old friends.

night has come in full force now.
I watched the moon chase the wind
so assuredly over the hills,
the fleeing clouds licking each pastel color dry,
wringing paint from the artist's garment.

light scatters into a sea of dark matter,
mirroring the heaviness which clambers
around my body so awkwardly...
lifting my limbs like blankets
and burrowing deep;
hoisting my veins like sails
against the approaching tide
of dreams.

I feel a faint ticking in my chest
and wonder where the time has gone.

what eloquence can spill from this sack of sand
that sits so determinedly between my teeth?
grain by grain cohesion grows questionable while
my eyes are tilted and swollen with forgotten sleep.

these words are really nothing but whimsy;
rhymes drunk with nomadic notions
like rubies that fall from ivory towers
onto polyester sheets.

(my digits are disorderly, but worth their weight in gold.)

(c) Novalyn Grace RR 04/13/2012
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this piece might be edited further, but for now I've mulled over it long enough to know I ought to let it breathe.

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  • 11 years ago

    by Steven Beesley

    The second stanza is just so breath taking:-

    night has come in full force now.
    I watched the moon chase the wind
    so assuredly over the hills,
    the fleeing clouds licking each pastel color dry,
    wringing paint from the artist's garment.

    Exceptionally well written. I enjoyed reading it.

    Well done!

  • 11 years ago

    by Edward D Zurovec

    You have a great little Poem here and a well worthy read. I liked how you put it out there, knowing its need to breathe.

    I feel a faint ticking in my chest
    another shiver grasps my spine
    a lost and weary soldier of cold
    out for nothing, but a mindless jaunt
    for a moment dancing, friends of old

    night has come in full force now
    I watch the Moon chase the Wind
    so assuredly over hallowed hills;
    fleeing clouds wick each pastel color dry
    wringing paint from the artists garment
    light scatters into a sea of dark matter
    mirroring a heaviness, clambering around

    my body so awkwardly lifting
    my limbs like blankets
    burrowing deep, hoisting my veins
    like sails, against an approaching tide
    of Dreams prevail

    I feel a faint ticking in my chest
    wondering where Time has gone
    what eloquence can spill from a sack
    of sand sitting determinedlybetween my teeth
    grain by grain cohesion grows questionable
    while my eyes are tilted, swollen
    with forgotten sleep, words are really nothing
    whimsy rhymes, drunk with nomadic notions;
    rubies falling from ivory towers
    onto polyester sheets, my emotions.

    Beautiful Poem Nova
    Peace and Blessings

  • 12 years ago

    by The Queen

    This is lovely, Nova! Very creatively done. Well, everything you write is truly a piece of art.

    There is this one line that bothers me though.

    "I feel a faint ticking in my chest
    before another shiver grasps my spine;
    a lost and weary soldier of the cold,
    out for nothing but a mindless jaunt.
    for a moment we dance together like old friends."

    ^ The last line; I'm not quite sure if the meter or the rhythm fits in. I think it is because "old" is too short or perhaps the whole line is abruptly cut. I notice that most of the lines in every stanza was notably lengthy.

    Otherwise, everything is perfect in this piece. Love the expressions and emotions being portrayed here.

    :)

  • 12 years ago

    by Wicked Ways

    Light scatters into a sea of dark matter,
    mirroring the heaviness which clambers
    around my body so awkwardly...
    lifting my limbs like blankets
    and burrowing deep;
    hoisting my veins like sails
    against the approaching tide

    of dreams.Wow ...I agree with Ice Crystals. this was a great poem..you really put your heart into it and you can really tell....... I love some parts as wel my favorite was in the middle .....as i put above....thought it was a well thought of stanza...well actually this whole poem is well thought up and written out...keep writing :)

  • 12 years ago

    by Moonlit Candles

    Wow this was a great write. I love the use of metaphors here. Really captures the reader into a trance. Such parts as:

    night has come in full force now.
    I watched the moon chase the wind
    so assuredly over the hills,
    the fleeing clouds licking each pastel color dry,
    wringing paint from the artist's garment.

    I could really picture the artist here painting the picture of the moon setting to a new day. And also:

    what eloquence can spill from this sack of sand
    that sits so determinedly between my teeth?
    grain by grain cohesion grows questionable while
    my eyes are tilted and swollen with forgotten sleep.

    I thought this was done really neat. I like how you took grains of sand and incorporated it as sleep in someone's eyes. All in all a great write. :)