She Remained
She Remained …
She remained. Like a yet poured wine,
Full bodied and unmasked
Always sulking in narratives
sitting with her soul intact.
Staring up at the darkling sky,
Her inhibitions pressed
Emotive waves came swift and spry,
And something fell from her chest.
Like the pour of the uncorked wine
her joy spilled. And she smiled,
bold and bright, as if all was fine
like she had beaten exile
Droning and mumbling her words
Her speech was like poetry
And while I made sense of her verbs
My soul cried openly
I wore her arms like a tee shirt
And she shielded my heart.
When it was ready to spill out
and it was tearing apart—
and it hurt, in her hands she kept it
the rivers of emotions,
so tired of flowing, so she held it
and gave it devotion—
She saw the fingerprints sunken
burrowed deeply inside
There she saw the bars of the dungeon
At which my demons preside.
But she held it, and nourished it,
And I held her, amazed
As all the demons perished with
the world, and she remained.
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Lovely poetry and a wonderful reminder of love as time goes by.
Thank you so much Rasma I’m glad you enjoyed this.
Beautiful poem Paul..only some people have the ability to repair and nurture a broken soul by kindness, love and devotion..they can make all demons disappear and fill our lives with renewed hopes and dreams..I loved your emotive words..thank you so much for sharing..
Thank you so much dear friend. Yeah not everyone is capable to handle such a delicate thing as a broken soul. I’m glad you enjoyed this
Your mastery of words and phrasing tell of love so enduring and nourishing. Beautiful work, Paul, and a pleasure to read.
PS: Paul, did you want to enter this poem in the contest? Let me know.
If you can enter multiple entries then sure why not. Thank again Phyllis for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed this.
Hi Paul,
List of entries for the contest has been posted in the forum and in the 2/15 newsletter.
Please vote for your favorite poem. Last day to vote is 2/28. Winner will be announced in
the March 1 issue of our newsletter. Winner will be notified by private email with request
for address to send the ‘101 FAMOUS POEMS’ book to. Thank you.
Paul, great work as always in this emotive piece.
Thank you so much John. Greatly appreciated as always.
Paul, strange thing: I got your message in my email that you voted for Tony, but I cannot find out where you posted that vote. You can vote on Tony’s poem in the comment section at
http://www.creativeexiles.com/2018/02/afferent-displays-deep-eyes/
Thank you for voting.
Paul, did I enter the wrong poem for you? Let me know right away if I did.