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Enchantress

I am an enchantress and so I enchant you
you are a dreamer so dreams I shall weave
I am your soulmate, desire and shadow
I have been your goddess, you've failed to believe

I am a writer and so I write freely
words to console you when freedom cannot
I am the seer of distant tomorrows
whose eyes you have threatened when visions you've sought

I am your strength and your witness, your pleasure
I watch from a distance your progress, your fall
I am the nymph you've expelled from these waters
I, as your Syrinx, inflame your bleak call

I have been your wife and your mother, your daughter
I have been your lover, your sister, your slave
I've met with your torches and screams on a cruel pyre
I've burnt in great sorrows, you've danced on my grave

how much I have suffered, throughout all the ages
my whispers, so fragile, as dawn condescends
on forces, I've shattered, your envy brings ire here
yet my soul heals slowly while yours never mends

my womb it is fertile, your war only fatal
I distribute, nourish, while you only take
when will you remember you've bound inhibition
and freely abandon this fortress of ache?

I sing in the moonlight of times long forgotten
and I am a healer with hands wrapped in gold
I am the sunrise beyond this horizon
from out of these ashes my wings shall unfold
— Proprietress of Crimson Hearts, Oct 23, 2009

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Seren

Seren

16 years 7 months ago

Dear Proprietress

My dear Girl ... you have woven a poem of enchantment and bewitched me ... I am speachless beautiful work ... lost for words ... love and hugs Jayne x x
Proprietress of Crimson Hearts

Proprietress o…

16 years 7 months ago

sweet Jayne,

this poem was inspired by all the strong female writers that I have gotten to know on this wonderful site, all enchanting in their own way. thank you. love and hugs, Kata
seabhac

seabhac

16 years 7 months ago

Ode to the female spirit

I have read and re read and I am sure I will come back and read again. This beautiful piece of work balances words and emotions equally. There has been much depth of thought gone into its creation but it has emerged polished to a glittering sheen which I hope others enjoy as much as I have done. Seabhac
Proprietress of Crimson Hearts

Proprietress o…

16 years 7 months ago

Seabhac,

this poem is very close to my heart and has caused me quite a few sleepless nights. thank you for reading (and re-reading :) this poem, I highly appreciate it! Kata
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 7 months ago

This is enchanting Kata! You

This is enchanting Kata! You have said all, we hear her call, we see her wiles we dream a little as we read, sent out to places we know not of yet. I don't think that I have failed to believe, she is there in our inner selves sounding her whispers so strong in our songs and yet maybe you are right she is only in the background and sometimes her help would be well to attend. The Syrinx with her chastity belt will not have much hope around here anyway? A fine rhyme for us Kata it flows well. Love to dear you Kata with the many dreams unfurled. Ann of Norway "Takk for maten" we always said after a meal curtsying as we said it to the parents in the home, and shaking their hands, some still do. The meal was a good big salad. Wine too of course! Good health Kata.
Proprietress of Crimson Hearts

Proprietress o…

16 years 7 months ago

takk for maten

hmmm how I would love a good glass of red wine but I can't do that to my poor sore throat, unfortunately. thank you for your lovely comment, Ann of Norway. your comments are always a pleasure to read (oh, how many times I have seen a comment saying exactly THIS about you, we all just love you so much) I wish you a beautiful sunday! Kata
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 7 months ago

Oh thank you my sweet Kata

Oh thank you my sweet Kata and the same to you=" i lige maade" as the Danes say, and the Norwegians say it in the same manner as the Danes left their language on the door mats and the N were too lazy to change it into a Norwegian pronunciation BUT they write it in Norwegian!!!!! Oh I digress as usual and about your sore throat I am sorry for that but you might, is it the right place, oh well , there was a Danish boy who couldn't drink, he had to chew his food and then having chewed it post it down through a pipe to his stomach, but when he was drunk he just poured it down, not wanting to be disrespectful but it might make you laugh!! "Happy days are here again" Evert Taube, Love to dear you Kata and Nina when you see her Ann
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 7 months ago

Yes it was a little unkind,

Yes it was a little unkind, but he had fun nonetheless with the Danish sense of humour which must be renowned, what better place to be in such a desperate situation, they can turn all to something positive and sometimes positively too much fun, and yet when THEY swear it all seems so natural and fits in with their character so well that one immediately forgives them their excesses, it all depends who says it doesn't it. I never swore, it was taboo in my house, only damn and blast or sometimes naughtily my mother would say SH! Good G, and then we all looked round in horror. But one time when all the girls at the Art College were laughing at me, I turned round and said l harshly and loudly YOU COW! You should have seen them stop up whatever they were doing, as if I had said s something totally impossibly terrible, I was surprised, but stuck to my guns and was 'damned' well not going to apologise. Oh didn't this start with something else, do excuse my audacity and now I must prepare the supper, always food waiting to be dealt with BUT it is the staff of life isn't it, and can be nearly the best in life too, when the ingredients are fresh and of good quality, as they MUST be. So I shall skaal to you as we don't skaal for ourselves in GB they do in N. And wish you whatever drink you find is good for you for your supper and say Caiou for now miaou, and love too of course, Ann in the Norwegian cool of falling night's greys, fading all the colours that blazed before.
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 7 months ago

The song of woman is written

The song of woman is written in a poem the proprietress of crimson hearts wrings from her soul. ~A There are no strangers in Paradise.
themoonman

themoonman

16 years 7 months ago

Women...

I like em... and this poem Kata, very well written. there was only one thing that caused me pause, and you did it a couple of times, just thought I'd point it out, not saying it didn't work, because it does, but I paused... which made me think about it more and there sure isn't anything wrong with that... I am your strength and your witness, your pleasure I am your strength, your witness and your pleasure your pen is an inspiration to us all!
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Ink Dragon

16 years 7 months ago

YAY!

Kata dearest, look at what a beauty your Sorgenkind has grown into! This is a thousand times better than my fooling with it. Glad it helped you though! The way you incorporated the Syrinx idea is simply awesome, and I also love the new ending. Yours, ~Nina
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ziggy

16 years 7 months ago

enchantress

enda, patrick collins. great opening stanza good body and i love the way it ends i am steadily becoming a fan yours ziggyyy
Electric Blue

Electric Blue

16 years 6 months ago

Enchantress

Kata If only I had your charms then maybe I could cast my spell or relight my spell to reserect forgotten dreams in another but for me they are never forgotten I just love the last stanza blue
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point.of.redemption

16 years 4 months ago

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the endless comments uve got here should show u how seriously enchanting it is! i love love it!