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my bed was cold last night

My bed was cold last night
as if a ghost had come to sleep with me,
my foolish heart was freezing
from its depths within and
the room was shivering with mortality

closing my eyes,
shadows coalesced,
colours bled one into the other
Icelandic blue and the red of Machu Picchu
formed a path strewn with flowers

floating,

weightless,
on each lotus blossom
I stepped
inside the alcazar
where Lovers go
who sleep alone

I am Queen of my cold château
I am Empress of my citadel.











— Kailashana, Jan 31, 2009

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Ink Dragon

17 years 4 months ago

Anna,

another wonderful write. I love the first stanza in particular, but of course, just coming from the "cold ghost of wonders" thing, I would. Love, ~Nina
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Conect11

17 years 4 months ago

actually,

so was mine, but not in the metaphorical sense! I commented to my wife when I laid down "wow! The bed itself is really cold!" Anyhooooooooooowwwwww.... The poem, yes the poem! I gave it a five, only because I don't have a six to give out. You weave your charm, loneliness, and intellectuality around it skillfully. It made me float. Mark W. Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against these, there is no law!" My favorite verse(s) in the Bible