Night Poem - The Sirens

by barnswallow - Capricorn

Pillowed on the hesitating cliffs of night
of bending spaces where blithe shadows swim
with dark fish turning in the deep water;
Of suspended kisses clinging
to cruel premeditations
as the Moon dips to the lips of the Sea
but does not drink;

I listen

	the whispering limbs wish silently
	their unending wishes
	pawing the window like lovers
	wounded by the broken promise

&  listening

the pale gull poised for the splash
on the bay sunken beneath the oar...
the oar stroking the blinded air,

I lean toward that arrested shore
this room illumined by its misshapened Star;
these upended sheets threaten
to empty us into the belly of some terrible distance;

	but before the water wakes
	we cling to a question
	rooted in an ancient hour

when the only promise is a broken silence
and cliffs fall straight into the Sea.

Reason for writing:

    broken promises, a moment or fraction of an instant,
frozen in a picture... love and its broken waters...    

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2000-05-16 17:40:08
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:42:13
Poem ID: 56077

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