My thighs are strong and chaste
They revoke those invitations
Which my deferential mouth
Would unknowingly make
*
Behind my ribs a vulturous heart
Hungers for impermanence
I idle in this flesh, in this obedience
To my ancestral responsibilities
*
The mirror does not compose me
But the sea with her malformations
And misappropriations of light
Understands that I, too, am volatile
*
I live that you may adorn me
Mute and malleable
I suffer the gloaming
For therein lies those dreams
Which I am forbidden
On waking to personify
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Very beautiful, has a real air of mystery to it!! 🙂 🙂
Thank you Helen =)
“I idle in this flesh, in this obedience
To my ancestral responsibilities ” – such a powerfull and poignant line, and it is amidst a sea of more lines that are the same!
Awww thank you so much =)
Oh you’ve got to include this one in your poetry book! I love it. The opening lines are simply amazing…
Oh thank you Elia =) I have chosen the 100 poems already and they are with Brian for editing. It might be that this one will appear in a later book ,-) I still don’t know if my books would even sell lol
It will sell, of course. You have readers who regularly visit your blog. They’ll buy it, I think. Are you going to sell the PDF version, too, or just the paper book?
I was going to sell a paper book and an E-book version. By Pdf do you mean like the zip file I just send Brian that doesn’t require any special devices but can be viewed electronically? I hadn’t thought of that.
I didn’t get a notification of your reply and couldn’t find the reply button below your last comment, so I’ll just write here… Yeah, sort of like that. It doesn’t require any special devices, can be viewed electronically, but is not a zip file. It’s a format of e-book. Any format would be fine, though. I’m just more familiar with PDF :p
I am technologically incompetent so my husband will be doing that bit of it but I can mention having an electronic version in addition to the book maybe he already had it in mind I am not sure lol
I idle in this flesh, in this obedience
To my ancestral responsibilities …oloriel beat me to this line but it says so much.
i live that you may adorn me is such an evocative line as well.
Awww thank you so much Brian!
Love love love
That makes me so happy Anja!
I will be emailing you a drawing later on 🙂
Yippie! I am so excited =) =) =)
“Vulturous Heart” HOLY HANNAH! Love that line. Sounds like a song… 🙂 Wonderful post (as always!)
Thanks Ray haha
There are so many wonderful phrases in this. Your poems always have so many things in them that just make my eyes light up when I read them. 🙂
Awwww that is the sweetest thing Sonja makes me want to squeeze the stuffing of you haha
fantastical photograph and once again the writing is striking- the mirror does not compose me- so cool, is but one excellent image among others. Love it!
Awwww thank you Scott =)
There is such longing in this poem, and acceptance too… It is so so beautiful!
Awww thank you Marya =)
powerful and full of wonderful imagery.
Thank you Kathe =)
Love your word “vulturous.” Fine work.
Thank you very much =)
… I live that you may adorn me ~~ sigh….
Awwww thank you Helen =)
This is just wonderful. Love this part, “I idle in this flesh, in this obedience To my ancestral responsibilities”
It is very powerful. Thank you for helping me find you. So glad I did.
Awwww thank you so much for your sweet comment Kim =)
Incredibly deep and powerful!
Thank you so much =)
This is beautiful … loved the powerful mysticism in your words.
Thank you Amrit =)
This reads like a painting. Tremendous.
Oh thank you so much Micael what a beautiful compliment =)
“The mirror does not compose me
But the sea with her malformations
And misappropriations of light
Understands that I, too, am volatile”
Fantastic! Beautiful words and captivating imagery xoxo
Thank you so much that means a lot to me =)
well done and thanks for sharing
Thanks for reading!
Beautiful! Love especially
“The mirror does not compose me
But the sea with her malformations
And misappropriations of light
Understands that I, too, am volatile”
Thank you Melanie!
Some wonderful use of words here, and a perfect match for that prompt.
Thank you Nell =)
nice
Thanks!