to reveal the door long fraught for
is to reason why fate has led us here
by hand of you who’d known us once
our mother of mercy
o mother circe
who’d embosomed us through the blackest days
when omega dipped red our wings like bread
in canticles of twitting sorrow
in remembrance of you, we close our eyes
watery slides on blue tarpaulin
badminton upon zest green lawns
barefoot padding under orange skies
to reveal the escape long fraught for
is to reason why fate has chanced us here
by hand of you who’d known us once
our mother of mercy
o mother circe
neutral is the colour of our mutual extinction
all consciousness othering into decline
the collapsing of minds in a cage on fire
in remembrance of you, we close our eyes
your embosoming through our blackest days
past colours all fixed to forever rainbows
where we’d tabled our youth and sailed away
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2021
This one made me sigh…
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I’m so pleased, Rae. Thank you! ☺
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I like the sacred and celebratory quality here – intriguing classical allusions, too!
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Thanks so much, Dave! I always try to balance all those elements as finely as I can. It’s nice to know when I’ve actually achieved this to the reader’s satisfaction! 😀
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So well written ☺
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I really appreciate that, Jaspreet. Thank you so much! ☺
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Oh wow, this is amazing.
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You’re very kind. Thank you! ☺️
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Wow.😍😍
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Aw, thank you! ☺️
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Follow me. That will make my day.
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Done! 😀
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