Cover my irides from all light
Let the people around fade slowly
–smoke dissipating into peaceful darkness
Cover my ears from coherent sounds
–random noise losing its volume
Let me lie down
My lightless wings grow gently
–serene brush strokes by a faceless painter
I open my arms
hug the warmth of absence
of flying without movement
directionless
dimension-free
of dreaming with no light
oblivious
unconcerned
When I need to disappear
I melt into a dark-winged angel
& fly unaffected by this world
_____Adriana Citlali
XXVIII-I-MMXV
Today I read Debi Swim’s blog. I bumped into Death of a Poet, a poem inspired by the photo from indigoblue posted above and the prompt at Poem Tryouts: Take Wing. The photo is artistic and thought-provoking –I had to write a poem!
I love your last stanza… wonderful job to the prompt. Have you posted it at http://margoroby.com/ yet? You should.
Thanks for the comment and the inspiration, Debi. I just posted it at Margo’s.
LOVE the ebb and flow of emotion through this peice. Makes the reader feel as if they are flying, coasting even! I love your last stanza too!
I’m glad you wrote this. So many wonderful things. My favourite image is the one of the wings growing as you need them.
This is beautiful. I like the dream-like state throughout and especially these lines:
I open my arms
hug the warmth of absence
of flying without movement
directionless
dimension-free
Sorry that I had trouble reproducing your spacing, which is also part of why I liked these lines!
It makes me really happy to learn that you enjoyed the choice of spacing. In my writing, space is an important part of the poem. It is like silences in music. Thanks for your nice compliment!