The Unseen Companion
by Aberjhani — Read all 107 poems by Aberjhani
This poem is taken from my "Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black" collection and is presented here as an expression of spiritual solidarity with the victims of the tsunami in Southeast India. Obviously, a simple poem cannot alleviate the extreme suffering which so many are experiencing at present but, like numerous others, my sense of empathy and compassion towards them is so strong that I have to make the gesture even if it is futile. The actual title is "The Unseen Companion," but at the moment it feels like "Tears for Sri Lanka."
Thursday, December 30, 2004
This place shall not be warm.
Nor shall you find its cool breath pleasant.
With a heart heavier than death
you will wonder when and how
you came to occupy such a deadly stone.
There shall be no lovely voice begging and weeping for the company of your sweet tongue.
Despair shall pimp you like a whore
and sell your thighs for less than a dime.
Then a moment, shaped like an angel,
and a time and space as brilliant as a comet,
shall rise above the horizon of your
battered affection, and peace will lift you
like a diamond made out of pure love.
As if stepping from a cloud, one name
shall come forward to embrace your tears.
You will almost know who I am.
In a place secret and safe,
you will almost remember this style.
As we dazzle, and merge, and vibrate like twin
realities flowing back and forth
between our birth and our eternity.
When all the lights fold back into their silence,
in a place secret and safe, warm and fragrant like stars,
you will realize without thought, or sound or color,
that for one second I stood knee-deep inside your heart.
You had gone looking for a friend, and one had found you.
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shall come forward to embrace your tears.
You will almost know who I am.
In a place secret and safe,
..can't type for the tears..sniff sniff..
I keep saving every poem I read ..damn good stuff..YAY!!!!
Vesna:)
blessings be upon the souls of darkness. This was an excellent write, it makes a sister say ummm.......
Classic!
depicted the emotions and voiced the wise message.
Healthy Day, Poet!
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU