Loves Long Lost Souvenir

 

Loves Long Lost Souvenir

Memories

fallen leaves

drifting in ruddy shades

through the blues in my mind;

all these fractured and fiery rainbows

shattered upon this forest floor

faint and sweet the smell of damp decay,

wafting through the perfumed passageways

where i lay

token gestures of you,

subtle souvenirs,

painted in a mottled hue...

Through the tree tops that sway

lugubriously in this breeze

softened shafts of Luna light

turn the tide at the end of the day

and all those fiery shades, shimmer

and gently drift away

slipping into solitude, once more

an echo of the silence that remains

the moistened remembrance

a swirling mist of loss and remiss

lost, long lost in this bliss

as we kissed...

For all those languished sighs and forlorn fears

the endless Yearnings and inconsolable tears

for every aching heart flung upon this earth

love lorn anguished howls of unrequited birth

for reddened sunken eyes that make this world a sea

and flood the tortured hearts of lovers endlessly

for all the token gifts left broken on this floor

crushed the flower petals underfoot forevermore.

Oh, Sister moon, swim with me a while

and caress these cares away

for you have born a million tears,

over countless years, upon your soul

sweeping in somnolent streams

forgotten loves and aching dreams

washed into an endless night

lost in a mist,

swept into a listless delight

to swim into forgotten seas

and with this breath, ease...

into a silver light

a gentle breeze...

Oh, my sweetest love

who shines upon me, longingly

reflections of a mirrored dream, illusions

swept into an endless stream

a passage of constancy

no judgment made or mistook, mislaid

nor torn the page from that ancient book

ever have you born with sufferance

in silence and repose

and soothed each sanguine bitterness

each severed bloodied rose

to echo into lovers dreams

the hope of yesteryear

the remnants of remembrance

Loves long lost souvenir.

© Richard Michael Parker 2009

Artwork: 'Her Darkest Hour' by  Izabella Blue