Photograph by Lisa Michelle Arhontidis Used With Permission
© Lisa Michelle Arhontidis
Carry the Weight of Stars
Begin at the curve, slide over the edge gently, trail
a path downward softly, keeping your eyes closed.
Whisper nothing in the dark that can be mistaken
for more than the banquet you've promised.
Hear nothing in the pauses that will take you
a lifetime to get over once the lights come on.
Forget nothing about your own standstill heart
as the music goes low in the background.
Listen carefully. Let this moment be like the first time
you kneeled at the ocean's side, drawing in
With every salted breath another blood-warming
finger of sunlight to burn up the wave
After wave of longing. Lie as if there is no horizon
to break the one into two, as if your very life
Depends on your spine rising and falling with every kiss
imprinted between your first thought and your last.
Let the sticky sweetness linger until dawn. When you get
up, walk away as if you carry the weight of stars.
© 2010 Maureen E. Doallas
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I wrote this poem for One Shoot Sunday at One Stop Poetry, which today features a Picture Prompt Poetry Challenge using the image shown above.
Anyone may participate in the challenge. Go here to read the interview with photographer Lisa Michelle Arhontidis, and to learn what to do to accept the challenge. Be sure to leave there the link to your poem or prose offering.
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21 comments:
the intensity of this poem brings me to tears... omigoodness.
Oh my.
You left me breathless, wanting more.
Beautiful.
oh wow maureen - how beautiful and intense...carry the weight of stars... this leaves me breathless
lots of fantastic lines in here..my fav may be...Whisper nothing in the dark that can be mistaken
for more than the banquet you've promised...
Lovely!
Wow! Passionate lines that consider both the repetition of "nothing" as well as sensations and perceptions translating so well into smooth poetry.
So very evocative--so sensory. Beautifully done!
there is a hunger that you create in this poem that makes my belly ache with longing. Nice work Maureen, beautiful photo Lisa.
Enchanting intense depth and passion.
Anita.
Some excellent lines, and a vivid illustration of the heart.
intense and lyrical-- time for a cold shower... such care for those crystalline images...xxxj
Cool! Here's mine http://thelunaticsdiary.blogspot.com/2010/12/dreams-are-never-eternal.html
Such an evocative intesity in the depths of your passions... well done, sensuous piece.
My, where do I start? Passionate, enticing, intense, inspiring, beautifully romantic… I could go on… what a gorgeous piece of writing. A real pleasure to read!
Brilliant! I really don't know where to begin, which for me is a first. You caught the moment exquisitely!
Wow, a stunning intensity to this one. Breathless inducing depth, a powerful poem that grips the senses and stirs the longing. Smooth flow, crisp, potent words. Love it.
Beautiful poem, Maureen. Just beautiful.
i like the picture of the ocean and waves.
Oh yes, yummy!
intensely felt ...
Well done!
"...Let this moment be like the first time you kneeled at the ocean's side."
I love it, Maureen! Love every line, every word and how you weave the whole poem in seamless passion. Thank you!
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