Bed Unmade

A terrain
Wrinkled
Creased
Wriggled by fidgety feet
Bunched cotton
Folded layers of organic Damask or Dupioni
Woven threads from Dubai
One more luxurious than the other
Are simply left unmade
Faint imprints
Hidden secrets caught in fabric
Nights filled with propositions
Possibilities
Expected and unexpected struggles
The unmade is the unknown
A mess more perfect than army made
To hold a memory perhaps
Or a planned return
How interesting a photograph
Matte
Framed
Hung for interpretation of the unmade

Lepadah

— Lepadah, Jun 15, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Country/Region: New York

Favorite Poets: Rumi, Gil Scott Heron, Felipe Luciano, Walt Whitman, Ginsberg, Kerouac, Neruda, Walker, Troupe, James Baldwin etc . . .list endless

Critiques

Cloudthings

16 years 11 months ago

there are things here that beat on my soul, the stuff in the bac

Lovely, this caught me, this sentiment, yes there are things here that beat on my soul, the stuff in the background insinuated, not spoken, I think that is the poets gift very often. Well done. Oh little typo ("then" instead of "than"? about 3/4 dow the flow of the poem) Cheers~ Anni ~~~ "So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it." ~Harold Acton, Memoirs of an Aesthete, 1948

Lepadah

16 years 11 months ago

Thanks so much for checking

Thanks so much for checking my typo. I appreciate your comments and by the way I love your work. I checked your page at work and plan to return. Peace Lepadah

doorman

16 years 9 months ago

A very solid piece

A very solid piece. The title's good. Sincerely, Espen

Lepadah

16 years 9 months ago

Re: Comment

Thank you Espen for the read and your kind words, I appreciate it. I and will return the read by taking some time to view your work. Peace 1 lepadah