Lost
Ah the ghosts of my blind love-image
run with arms akimbo flutter-fast-flailing
beneath the flapping of the
blood-cape,
once wrapped shroud
pure-light-tight
now assundered-torn,
dragging-heavy
dark-drenched in filth
Ah the ghosts run until ragged, desperate
for a candle to light their
mission to regain
the hill of simple-spun unconditional love
upon which they thought they
could
they would, rest - in the soft rain of
forevever
~
"in the soft rain of
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Beautiful!
I had always imagined ghosts searching, searching but not really expecting that delicious rainy softness to rest in forever. You have changed my mind! Thought provoking almost enticing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful use of the given words Dr Pearl! It runs smoothly in a natural sense!
ReplyDeleteHank
This has a wonderful musical quality..flip flapping like ghost arms throughout..i would not want to be lost in between..
ReplyDeleteon a cloudy day, ghosts are rampant in a small setting. they are said to appear when there is a blackout in the farm areas. I don't know if I'm scared or ecstatic, your last words are deep and heartfelt.
ReplyDeleteJamztoma
ghost of my blind love image.. says so much. beautiful.
ReplyDeleteGreat and vivid evocation of ghosts we'd rather not encounter! I like the analogy with the soul. Like the soul that can only rest when peace is achieved, these ghosts need love to stop their restless haunting.
ReplyDeleteAll strive for that unconditional love....the foreverness & the soft rain.
ReplyDeletei wonder if those restless ghosts will ever find that light once more...or eternally be on that quest...
ReplyDeletereally a great sense of movement in the opening stanza...the use of rhyme, consonance, alliteration really pull it along...akimbo is such a cool word too....nice play....
Those ghosts can be hard to manage at times..
ReplyDeleteLove the ' arms akimbo' (new for me) ~ cool sounds they make, your ghosts! ps: my email is working now, ths. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the image of the ghosts running "with arms akimbo, flutter-fast-flailing".
ReplyDeletebeautifully done.
ReplyDeleteI really like that soft rain of forever...it feels so soothing after the restlessness of the ghosts and their constant searching.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
A lovely poem, I enjoyed the clever use of wordplay and alliteration.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that we are all running desperately in search of unconditional love. Fabulous piece!
ReplyDeletePositively vivid. I can see what you described quite well.
ReplyDeleteVery clearly described... I could imagine the ghosts in their capes..
ReplyDeleteSoft rain ... really gorgeous.
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