Happiness (GRM)
He brushed the bluebirds
from her hair,
and traced the rivers
of her veins
to find the source--
her beating heart--
and took it for his own.
A breath.
A kiss.
A stilling.
And she but sighed
as he reached
through her
sleeping chest,
and cradling it
moved on.
Dissected now,
he packaged it
and watched
the markets
rising,
falling
in reflection
of her fading
pulse.
And now
he wonders
why
there is a hollow
in her eyes
and why
her slowing rivers
slip to silt
and why the
bluebirds,
watching, wary
won't return to
her again and
sing.
Published by Tina Twito
I'm 39, with a wonderful husband (in Iowa), and a daughter who lives in NC with her hubby (love them both!). I write mostly children's stories and poetry (rhyming poetry, traditional poetry, haiku, but mostl... View profile
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9 Comments
Post a CommentOil in the Gulf, radiation seeping into the sea. You express 'sobering' beautifully. I always (a word I rarely use) read your words.
Stunning.
Very well written. :)
Wonderful...Glad I stumbled across your page. Great poetry! ;-))
Nicely Written, thank you
Wow, such great empathy!!!!
This is wonderful on so many levels.
wow, this is incredible, I just keep rereading it...
Man's rape of Nature is something we may never recover from. Wonderful imagery!