Claret Fluids
Twilight and the ocean breaks,
bleeding crimson drops, splashing
in abandon on moonless vault of sky,
absorbing the fiery cadence of day
in dark aqua coat on sea shoulders,
remnants of glowing embers
walking in solitary shadows,
predestined to be stars, waiting
for released gloom of melancholy
trapped in sky nets as light fades
and darkness descends to bowels
of blackened eyes of ocean floor –
a stark reality when it’s neither
day nor night and hopes are splashed
in onslaught of foam specked tears.
Coasting through scarlet wings of time,
I race to capture sparks in my hands,
lost in claret fluids of ocean depths,
feeling wet, desolate kisses of silvery baubles
holding the tides back before I am overtaken.
I heed the blackout curtains of recurrent night
remembering remnants of sanguine light.
The Call of the Sea
Twilight, and the ocean breaks.
The waves revolt as dusk descends.
A melody beckons sailors hither
As the blood tinged sky does portend.
Night falls, and the ocean sings
As sailors heed her wanting call.
Adventures promised in haunting syllables
Holding sailors in deceptive enthrall.
Midnight, and the ocean rages
As sailors curse her waves, enslaved!
Her seductive, melodic lull enchanted,
Luring them blindly to their graves...
As The Ocean Breaks
Twilight, and the ocean breaks
A world in turmoil, like the heart that breaks
On rocks as ragged as broken bones
Ships seek shelter like orphans from broken homes
Like the lost and weary, the misguided sailing in the eerie...
Of the unsettled ink that whispers on your thoughts
A puzzle of your mind, fragmented by crosses and naughts
Solutions and stories that remain untold
Hidden on the waves for a moment before they fold
And renew...
Like thoughts disrupted and clarity disguised
The ocean of the soul refuses to carry lies
And so we come to this
A revelation in the mists
Of dark and stormy waters that purify...
Clarify?
Make ready for tales that no one knew
From broken vessels that ignored the lighthouse guiding lights
We find entertainment in the wreckage of firelight
And begin to write from secret shores
Calmer waters that make their own laws
We scrawl new histories of brighter days
Enlightened nights that follow the unforgiving sun and it's haze
We choose days to fade away
Step back from the world and play
New games, word games, puzzles and rhymes
These are the pages and these are our times
As we inspire
Set fire to the night
And party to twilight as the ocean breaks...
© Richard Withey. All rights reserved.
Twilight, and the Ocean Breaks
Twilight, and the ocean breaks…
As does my fragile heart.
I pray the Lord my soul to take,
Before I fall apart.
Twilight, and the ocean breaks,
As does my body, frail,
I beg to sleep and not awake…
I plead to no avail.
Twilight and the ocean breaks,
As does my brittle mind,
At last I rest, in sweet sedate,
And leave the night behind.
The night I walked into the ocean.
Twilight, and the ocean breaks.
The sun and moon
kiss one another "hello",
before letting go~
delaying no goodbyes.
Soft glowing light fades in half,
giving into the wane;
while my tongue turns red,
touching my lips through translucent greens.
Bottled for one, it goes down
creating my own painted canvas;
I find myself drenched like Drenthe-
out, on the three lands;
where a "little painter fellow"
bid his troubled lover, farewell.
The oceans legend sage, beckons me;
salt burns and peels me down-
undressed, and stripped
of my regretful goodbyes.
I turn to drop;
to walk out;
to plunge~
and I do ....
and it's breathtaking.
Unprotected in the night;
all alone, I tumble.
The ominous cold shadows, biting into me; aware of the suffocating waves,
and my failures- they seem so limitless;
so deep, that they
seem to take root of my feet.
Coarse debris delivers pieces of
valediction that forms a bladed line;
flowing through me,
in a crystal awakening.
A crushing blue force~
scraping it all away; and
lastly, relinquishing me.
While twilight turns out the night,
everything becomes dark~
and clear;
and quiet ....
I stand up.
I walk out of the ocean ....
It was exhausting to love you.
And now,
I have exhausted all goodbyes.
~Jessi(image and poem)
#nightdwellers
#beginningline
#freeverse
Look Out Below
Twilight,
And the ocean breaks
On the rocky cliff face
Beneath
My feet
Clinging to the dry ground,
The stronghold is collapsing
As the stinging salty spray reaches
My eyes
Reflecting back the full rising moon,
As the dark sea twists in pain
Longing for me to jump,
Submerge
My whole being in its embrace
Swirl into a blissful abyss
And let the pressure hold me down,
My soul
Captivated by the rhythmic roar
Craves the taste of brine and ice,
Sharp needle stabs of pain,
My mind,
Rebels, aches for release
From this wicked, twilight trance
That binds me in an eternal dance,
Tempting,
As the ocean breaks
On the rocky cliff face
Below
Twilight, and the Ocean Breaks
The day is over
With it goes my
Imaginations,
Love,
Ideas,
Glory, but mainly my
Hope, because
Today my heart was crushed.
A wandering fragile butterfly,
Not too different from myself,
Does not stand a chance in the brutal world outside
These walls that protect me,
Hide me, help me to
Escape.
Oceans of sorrow flow,
Covering me in their tide,
Escape seems impossible,
And mainly because I do
Not try.
Because it's better to drown in sorrow,
Rather than to die in a false sense of
Euphoria that will not last,
And I don't think that I can ever the
Kind who is always happy,
So I don't try.
Ocean
Twilight, and the ocean breaks
Feels the weight of her mistakes
Remembers tides of long ago
The people she's tossed to and fro.
Too many people have been lost,
She thinks too much of what it costs
To feel this burden on her shore
Tens of millions, maybe more.
Tsunamis, waves, so many dead
She shudders, full of regret
Uncontrolled, she tries to sit still
But waters burst forth for another kill.