Amber Glow
For this month's blog, I'm posting an original poem (plus a bonus poem) from my City College Creative Writing Class. Amber Glow is inspired by current times and Pandemic isolation... a routine state of mind and emotions in the early morning hours:
Amber Glow
In the orange radiance of early morning,
Heavy headed from dreams and
distress,
I sit with green-black tea in
hands, sighing.
Through my picture window of longing,
Staring, staring in palpable
loneliness.
Massive trees are lit with the low
sun moving,
Upward to a too blue sky as the
sun is rising,
While hummingbirds dart for sweet
sustenance,
And a faithful mockingbird is fervently
singing.
I beseech nature to deliver days
of raining,
Restore faith lost in a chaotic
time of sadness--
To bring peace to a mind
continually racing.
An intricately orchestrated soft morning,
Where the divinity of nature dances,
Unaware of human thoughts
darkening.
On the last sip of tea in a day
unfolding,
I dream of reprieve and renewed
joyfulness,
Another heavy slumber to squelch
aching--
To wake once again to amber dawn glowing.
Bonus Poem
Sehvet
Searing,
our eyes fixed
my straps fall to the floor
hands know me from lifetimes before
erupt.
Valerie Anne
Keep on swimming through life,
Valerie Anne Burns
I adore this, your latest poem. It's rich with feeling, expressiveness and realism. It took me somewhere. Keep writing this cathartic poetry. I can feel your soul in it.
ReplyDeleteAnd Sehvet....sensually mysterious.
ReplyDeleteAmber Glow is powerful with the conviction of a strong voice, shouting in the silence of the morning. The stillness as the narrator reflects on the normal expectancy of the familiar mockingbird singing and the darting of hummingbirds without notice of the darkening humanity and the thoughts racing through the mind. This is beautiful. Sehvet is provocative and sex, filled with passion and love. Stunning.
ReplyDeleteLovely, the colors in Amber Glow, the sense of lush touch in Sehvet.
ReplyDeleteYour words so colorfully and powerfully paint the pictures of a beautiful amber sky so early in the morning mixed with the emotions of loneliness! Very moving! And Sehvet, wow HOT HOT HOT!!!
ReplyDeleteI love both of these! You paint such a beautiful picture with your words. It touches the spirit! What a gift you have!
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