29 February 2008

Love Lost Sought

During my absence, the wonderfully talented Sojourner reached out and asked if I'd collaborated with him again and with the success of our first collaboration; Distant Love, I could not say no. Here it is...

Love Lost Sought
by
Sojourner & BluJewel

Gone it seems are the days

When my call inspired your gasp

You were once so impressed

By the sparest thoughts of my mind


Now heavy laden pauses stifle

The gentle words that die on the cusp of forming

Each time they try to penetrate

The fortress that has become you


Electricity used to arc

At the slightest touch from my hand

Now the quickening of your heartbeat

Has settled into a stroll


Unlike a moth; the attraction has waned from the flame

Preserving what's left of my wings

To fly away to safer ground

Resting what remains of my still beating heart


Life has long since extinguished

The one we hoped build

The rising tide of differences

Has drowned love's crashing waves


In the wake of loves demise

Time waits to heal all wounds

Wondering how this love was everywhere

And yet became so elusive


But still I remember Everest highs
The laughter and joy unspeakable
And as I lament love lost
Still sit and think, "What if?"

Silent thoughts echo
And unite in a prayer
Resting on the precipice
Of sunrises filled with maybes

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Please be sure to check out Sojourners new playground called Duets where you can find more fine poems with other talented bloggers.

Love!

4 comments:

Mizrepresent said...

A beautiful and sad rendition...this touched me...

"silent thoughts echo
And unite in a prayer
Resting on the precipice
Of sunriss fille with maybes"

beautiful, sadly beautiful

Don said...

Pretty good collabo.

The rising tide of differences
Has drowned love's crashing waves


Loved this visual.

I tend to like the sad stuff, from a perspective POV.

Blu Jewel said...

Miz - thanks for the comment. it's funny how i didn't realize how sad that stanza is until you singled it out.

Don - the sadness contains amazing beauty and clarity at times.

Love!

Don said...

@ blu jewel: agreed