sonnet

the love song hangs unspoken, there for you

to steal from my lips as you stole my heart.

and now there’s nothing that I would not do:

I’d barter, kill, and for your love I’d starve.

what once was dull is now all that I want;

I need your warmth, your anger, and your light.

but everything for which I thirst is gone,

for there she stands in purest of pure white.

I turn around and swiftly walk away;

the dark enfolds me under steely wings.

I execute my dreams; the music fades.

in limbo and in empty streets I see

the lantern’s shadows mourn what could have been...

they dance for our love in memoriam.

 

Comments

kpotter

this (and the rest of your poetry as well, actually) is very lovely; i really enjoyed reading it

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