Even as I tie my shoes,
the distraction in my chest feels like you
has your taste on my lips, wetted with
unspoken remonstration
time can pass so fast, until years are bundled into telegraphs
yellowing with their swollen journey
still so few stand out, make themselves remarkable
just by their bloodied being
those who shine, one in a thousand, more, tops of heads
in a crowd, who gets the crown?
With everyone chiming for attention, I give it to you
even as you do not ask , such is my cinema of devotion
watching the replay in my mind, every turn
lifted wrists, precious movement, chiseled in memory
if you asked me I’d know exactly how you felt
even without touching, the xylophone of your small ribs
for I have spent hours sculpting your shape
these silhouettes and textures known by one
who watches ever observant, silent in her study of years
the first time, then now
landscapes apart, still, as if time has
claimed you a piece of her, nobody else
has a part, they are forgotten on periphery
ordinary to your owning
as long as I continue not to speak aloud
I can pretend it’s real
observing you, as you might a
longed for thing, just out
of reach
blinded to all else
a rapture without
name
“a rapture without
name,” indeed.
It’s good to see the words spill from you a bit more these days, Candice. Peace.
Amazing!!! ❤🔥 wow….
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TheFeatheredSleep – Memory & Longing
I think nobody does the dance of memory and longing better than you write it.
Like the interval theatre lights, these words lit up my eyes
” such is my cinema of devotion”
an outstanding piece of imagery Candice, and a line I shall remember…. 💙🌏
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Thank you dearly my dearest Ivor ❤️
Peace (and massive congratulations!) To you my friend! ❤️
So proud of you ❤️
Thank you my brother
That’s a wonderful compliment! Thank you for your encouraging my dear Bob 💗
Thank you!
You’re so welcome
Hello dear friend. I loved your work today. You are amazing and I hope you are doing well. Have some fun and be safe dear poet.
Thank you so much my friend John I am sending you loads of love you always inspire me
I am glad and you are welcome my dear friend.