She carries something inside her
It makes her eyes glow in the dark
like secrets of the unknown worlds
-between planets
-between lifetimes
She is the author of all tales
beyond life; beyond fantasy
like assumptions shaping stories
-between mindsets
-between narratives
She is the supreme temptation
who invites, only to stand apart
Like a diaphanous veil
-between the Universe and me
-between the horizon and sea
She is the moon; she is the night
She is everything that filters light
Poetics: Thirteen songs – Thirteen hauntings
Song inspiration – “Black Magic Woman” — Santana
I love the shape and form of your poem, Reena, and the sparse use of punctuation, only hyphens, which make it spiky. You’ve created an almost palpable character here, the ‘author of all tales beyond life;’ and ‘supreme temptation’.
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Love it…. that woman really made me think about about someone being both benign and dangerous.
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Mysterious and stylistic, a verse brooding in atmosphere.
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Thanks for the ‘stylistic’ compliment! 🙂
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I like the way she keeps slipping into those in-between spaces. Nicely done Reena 👏
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Thank you, Shaun!
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beautiful Reena! 🙂
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Thank you!
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