we come at peace like hungry wolves
tearing without eating slow
the shred of wanting
a morsel of your calm
the way you fold your hands like concert pianist
having played her heart out
now still and rested
no fear of existing wrong
the murmur of your heart in sync
the blur of dance still within
music turning as color changes
at once, then none, lights out
peace
oh
peace you say?
I tuck myself away
in the nook of your solace
breathing home and fire and firm ground beneath
my skinned and shaking me
as a blanket of snow
rushes her edges to unfocus the world
oh
peace
with you, with us
I turn off all electricity and notification
and the elaboration of stillness
your exquisite stillness
a slow burning candle
shining
Absolutely beautiful <3 magnificent poem! <3
This line, “in the nook of your solace”, is reverberating or working its way in somewhere, a sort of earworm of a dream of a desire – whatever the description, it is going to be with me for a while.
Beautiful
I wish you peace, Candy X
thank you so much dearest one
gosh I didn’t really know I had written that but … it’s a nice one huh? I appreciate you for noticing and for pointing it out. Oh and for a hundred other things. I hope you got my Xmas card btw xo
Dearest Carol thank you so much dear one and Happy New Year !
It is a good one, expressing the desire to create that nook for someone, and the yearning to find it, and the comfort in it.
Hmmm – I don’t see the Xmas card. Maybe it will yet show up. Whether or not, thanks for sending it.
I think the missing card is my fault. I think I forgot to give you my new address. I’ll fix that later on FB DM.
Oh peace…. I think those last several lines actually slowed my heart rate! I needed that. 💜
Hello dear friend and Happy New year. I wish you great happiness and success in 2022.
Oh, may it be that way!! Too many years of desperate woe; I hope it’s all behind us. Wonderful, Candy!
Ah! I was so sure I had the right address – boo hiss!
Mia Culpa, Mia Culpa, Mia Culpa, Mia Maxima Culpa. Hmm – Maybe I should look in the mail box there. The new owner isn’t living there (pending remodel) and uses a PO Box.