"The Lady Of Shallot"

by Eleanora Renee Bryant - Capricorn

"The Lady Of Shallot"
.......inspired by the painting.

Beneath the falling emerald mists
Of lilies painted tones of forest green,and
The hesitating eyes of virgin-white summer;
She sits,her head perched
Upon the edge of a dream.
A simple wreath adorns her head, the angelic peacefulness
Inspiring contempt for another crown,
The lace bouquet of a lover betrayed;
Another idealised.
Left upon the willows, she weeps,
Diamond tears kept close to her heart,
Priceless jewels strewn upon her coppery hair;
Blades of grass and twigs of straw,
Much like Ophelia,
Gone mad through the eyes of hopeless love.
Beneath a fading sapphire sky, and
Red-orange leaves of inevitable autumn promises;
Hopelessness drifts away beneath the strangling clasp
Of yellow parchment and of lily-white hands
Resting against a heart which forever resounds
Upon the turquoise curtain of eternity;
Eyes lilted heavenward, to gaze upon another
Who shall forever mourn
In shadows.

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 1999-08-29 23:47:58
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:20
Poem ID: 53221

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