how did she slip away so silently,
her bright, clear, dazzling
eyes
fixed within the last, black wisps
of night?
why would she want to step so lightly,
her deep, azure look
floating upon early morning
sun streaks?
didn't she wait for
one more loving sigh
from each of us?
crying furiously
together,
in the face of separation,
couldn't we leave together?
exiting from an empty house
upon tender glances and stares?
in each room our hands reach out
to stroke your thick, silken hair
only to feel your absence
our long lovelitany mumbles beyondwords
waits for the resurgence of your unique tender spirit
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those are tears
slowly moving down my cheeks
falling upon
the beautiful carved box
holding your ashes
murmuring unrecognizable
sounds
tapping upon the membrane of your soul
those are my tears
Salome
grieving for the loss of your beauty
pleading for one more time
to run my fingers
through your exquisite coat
those are our tears
reaching into the shadows
hoping for a nudge of permission
one more time for our eyes
to seek each other
your silence has always
contained so much magic
your non words are the absence
of consonants and vowels
you are the proof of saying everything
with nothing
so many nights you held vigil
within your beautiful eyes
bringing me back to health
with your powerful sky blue energy
you told me that you would wait for me and be my guide
row my boat
across the dreadful Styx
distract Charon with deafening mews and screeching
you promised me that you
would guide me along the cliffs of Hades
until we reached the safe
fields of evermore
where i can sip vodka nectar
you can dine on fish delicacies
where i can adore you endlessly
and you can teach me silent
love
i'm waiting here on the shore
the breeze is growing cold
sounds of monsters are
frightening
i'm waiting for you
i know you will return
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looking for you inside the shadows
searching in dark corners
thinking that there is movement
trying to materialize you
as i sit at the dining room table
expecting your erect body and unmoving focus
to pierce through my sadness.
yet there is only stillness
until i hear a soft whisper from your spirit voice:
"love has no color, no shape, no race, no religion; it belongs to
every being; it belongs to no one. it can explode into a giant, as
it leaves the body of an ant. it can be invisible after filling the
sky with miracles. how can this be? it can and it can't.
if you never take your soul from the flame"
love has no color
no shape, no race
no religion
it belongs to every being
it can explode into a giant
as it leaves the body of an ant
it can be invisible
after filling the sky
with meteors
how can this be?
it can and it can't
if you never take your soul from the center of the flame
[to Principessa Salome]
