Saturday, February 4, 2012

Vacancy

There is silence in the things I collect. I know each one.
Each has its use; it outlives it and is replaced.
There is freedom in silence, in perfect desolation,
isolation from noise and the imposition of others.

There is a narrative of the past, a quilt of love 
and loss, a heart covered in a web of stitches.
There are empty spaces, shallow depths,
a vacancy that desperately seeks a lodger.

There is a strength that holds me firmly to the ground –
a hurricane cannot shake me, move me, touch me;
and yet, the slightest breeze from his lips sways me.

There is a world of fantasy that intrudes on my thoughts
and when I let it in, I travel without ever leaving.
I travel to a place where the stars dance upon the sky
like a hypnotic chorus line crafted by a master magician.

There is a wondrous string of presumptions, predictions
and delusions woven like a dream-like-scene –
a phantasmagoria of motion and light –
rehearsed in my mind like an act from a Shakespeare play.

And there is a man, his fingers poised over tired strings
I wait for him to strike the first note; but when he does,
it is like he’s tuning an instrument with tone-deaf ears.

Still, I have not forgotten the reverberations of love;
the melody is stuck in my head, repeating over and over,
and the words are on the tip-of-my-tongue.

2012 © Helena Malheur  

4 comments:

  1. So lovely to read your poetry again....I love this, especially the last two stanzas. There is love for all of us out there, just waiting to sing the right notes... beautiful, Helena :)

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    1. Indeed! Thank you, Louise! You're very kind to read and comment - much appreciated. :)

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  2. Still, I have not forgotten the reverberations of love;
    the melody is stuck in my head, repeating over and over,
    and the words are on the tip-of-my-tongue.

    the last stanza resonates with me as well although all is written beautifully!
    enjoyed it very much
    Hope

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  3. Hope - thank you so much for your comment. I'm happy to hear you connected with it; that is always a bonus. )

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