A SNOWY BLANKET LAID UPON MY HEART

A SNOWY BLANKET LAID UPON MY HEART

A snowy blanket laid upon my heart
By life's long wagers lost and hopes undone -
Sweet solitude, my shield against the sting,
The bittersweet of ice against the sun.
There huddled, in assurances profound,
My soft abyss dulled gray to grayer still.
I choked back longings sleeker than the night
While rage, at sorrow's fountain, drank its fill.
Well-ordered sameness fought to rule my days.
Both merciful and cruel my lot became.
Familiar demons wrestled for my heed.
The still of darkness could not kill the flame.
As courage claims what logic can not hide,
My anguish overtook my lifeless scheme,
And like the Phoenix rising from the ash,
I took one savage step outside the dream.
The smoke of wonder clearing, vision came.
A radiance befell my startled gaze.
And speechless, I beheld a shimmering gift -
My heart's mirror twin emerging from the haze!
Kind words fell on my ears - he dared say "love".
Soft lips brushed mine, a spark I knew so well.
Ten thousand nights' allusions to this fate
Had kindly thus prepared me for his spell.
Then all the tears forgotten and unshed
Flowed freely and completely from my core,
And left a spirit washed so clean of fear,
I loved with childlike innocence once more.
Encircled by strong arms, like angel's wings,
My heart was bathed in golden light of dawn.
The mighty realms of time and space we'd crossed
Had stone-traced tracks where both our paths had gone.
Now night's impassioned quiet is my joy,
And suff'ring has no hold on peace we know.
My heart's beat echoes warmth of lovers' bliss -
The cleansing tears I spilled were melted snow!!

~s~

It appears that this was written in deep-thought about your own life and is thus very personal. I would love to know the background to it all.


I like it.

Kevster

Hi Kev,

The background?.....SSDD.....heehee.....Just one more time, in a lifetime of disappointments, that I was absolutely sure that I had found my "soulmate".....But that one was a player too.....Seems like each time, my heart "ices back over".....So be it.....I am just not willing to throw hope away!

Thanks for your approval =)

~sallyjo~

P.S....Some of the lines are so deep that I don't even have any idea what they mean!!.....The words fell out of my head.

Hey,

When I read back over my poetry from the past few years I don't know what some lines mean either. Sometimes when I write it is a compulsive act and thus the words just 'fall out' as you have said. Some poetry is just for that one moment when writing them I guess.


Kevster