Letter Poems
(1)
Hey is that you? There in the shadow-mask
darkness wrapped around the face you've come to loathe
I'm not afraid of demons, monsters even if they were one
the hand I'd hold to guide you out of Hell
is a human one, though denial coats it like a glove
Achillies was dipped in the water of the Styx
and he became invincible, but you
dipped in a river of lies
only became confused
what one you seeking here
so far from your home,
angel?
(2)
Call me Orpheus
but when you did not come
to head me from the underworld
I came for you
Call me Virgil
but when you did not appear
to protect me from the boatman's wrath
I came for you
Call me Ceres
but when you did not stop me
from eating the pomegranate seeds
I came for you
(3)
I have found my breaking point
please, I'm tired of running now
tired of lying, of building walls
and tired of pretending I'm strong
what I want
is a quiet place
and a warm embrace
a mask to ware, to hide my face
now every noise is steel wool
surround me with your cloak of night
coccoon me in a cape of gentle song
I've offered to be your sail and savior
now be my refuge
and my anchor
(4)
Devour me, shadow
confine me
constrict and redefine
me
envelop redesign
me
and hide me in lonelines until
I learn to love you
and the sounds of
wind in my
h o l l o w n e s s
become a symphony
that we write
(together)
our solo duet
June, 2007 (DYWC)
(Published 08.31.2008 , updated 08.01.2009 )
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