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Kingdom of Night

As the waves of heat
dissipate to mist
as the cauldron of tar
stops its boil to stick

humidity's weight
lifts from all lungs
with a breath of breeze
my spirit kingdom comes

the dew of leaves
mixes with sweat
as it cools my skin
this I wont regret

as I lay on the ground
and stare at the sky,
wishing on stars
as they cruised on by

I touched a finger
to the southern cross
and close my eyes
as I connect the dots

That symbol of stars
that brands my night
is a humbling thing
to behold its bright

All burdens that bare
their heart in this awe
are safe in the darkness
and from hands with claws

Slipping to rest
in the fresh of twilight
I wake to a glory
the full moon of sight

— Seren, Nov 27, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Beyond the Black Stump..Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, P.K.Page, W.H.Auden, to many and various to include them all ...

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lyz

16 years 6 months ago

WooHoo

Before I comment, WooHoo, been waiting you know.LOL. A typo, yay, I can do this. 2nd stanza, should it be breath? Okay this is so good girly. I can see you laying there trying to get cool and your eyes exploring the skies above, and I see you tracing those stars as well. Yes, this is good. Love ya, I waited forever honey, now I am for the pillow. I will visit this again tomorrow. Thank you. Love to you and another hot one tomorrow. Lyz. XX
Seren

Seren

16 years 6 months ago

Dearest Lyz

I am glad you felt like you where laying with me ... you know I have lost track of the multitude of times I ahve laid on the grass and watched the sky ... I should have been an astronomer lol seriously bad stargazer me lol love you and love to all J x x x
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 6 months ago

What a sense of humour

What a sense of humour mother earth and father sky has... I'm freezing my what-cha-ma-callits and you're hotter than hell. ~Mum p.s. I've always loved the Southern Cross, the Northern Lights and U2 "...when it agrees with reason and it will benefit one and all, then accept it and live by it." ~ Buddha
Seren

Seren

16 years 6 months ago

And today we are being

And today we are being steamed and then fried ... the humidity is crazy this morning and its not even lunchtime yet ... but its ok I am staying inside cool and out of the sun ,.. its a scorcher today ... you know my whole life one of my dreams is to watch the aurora borealis ... in person and I dont give a shit but one yr I plan to go up north and watch just once will do me, I have a great memory I could live off it for the rest of my life lol ... seriously I see it in movies and everytime i am in awe of our world love and hugs J x x x
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 6 months ago

Dearest One

That was one of my favorite games when I was younger... to lay on the grass and look up at the sky. In the daytime, it was the clouds that enchanted me and at night, the stars, but most of all my love, the moon. Beautiful job you have done here. Love, big sis
Seren

Seren

16 years 6 months ago

Dear Big Sis

There were no great lines in this one ... I made it simple and it turned out ... to be honest it was one that Brian inspired but no matter how hard I tried this one refused to be blank verse lol so rhyme it was I let it have its head ... and I am in love with the whole of the night sky ... but the moon is my secret love ... ;) and yours I know love you huni hope your feeling a little better give Steve a hug for me and tell him I said hes a good man (hugs) and love Jayne x x
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 6 months ago

Oh the stenches and sweaty

Oh the stenches and sweaty perfumes so pungent that this poem steams it welcome to the mind and permeates each smell, each echo of sound each touch of stickiness, we are submersed in its levels of feelings and sensations. "as they cruised on by" .... This didn't seem to fit as it brought the banal into the fiery magic of the experience here I think! "and from hands with claws"...From hands that claw? "I wake to a glory
 the full moon of sight".....this could be better, the "moon OF sight" too weird for me! And its the end and should open on the moon in all her splendour and fill our minds with its presence and light. Ah yes, ah yes, ah yes, I agree my Jayne of the Southern cross, of the wide and wonderful expanses of Australia with its heat dripping tarry roads, ant-like crawling across its breadth, and its bush so simple around in the sand, but the sky, ah the sky so wonderful to 'betrakt' gaze upon. My love to you who conjures up such images of the senses to indulge in with you lying there beside you looking, just looking and feeling and smelling and enjoying, yes oh yes. Ann with the Northern stars.
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 6 months ago

Your own comment

Your own comment illustrating the when :- ..... and I forgot to say theres one line in that poem thats distinctly Aussie … ‘I lay in wonder of the cross’ .. every night I lay on my lawn in the cool of the night and I do lol I have dogs you gotta get grubby with them … I lay in wonder of the southern cross … an on a clear night it blazes … like tonight love and hugs Jayne And the same to you dear Jayne of the night skies light from Australia. Ann
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ngaioBeck

16 years 6 months ago

Kingdom of Night

There is magic in your words, and even more, there is escape!
Seren

Seren

16 years 6 months ago

Dearest Ngaio

What a wonderful thing to say thank you so much ... if you find escape in my words I am honoured ... love and hugs Jayne x x
Electric Blue

Electric Blue

16 years 6 months ago

Kingdom of Night

Jayne Lay on that magic carpet and fly through the constelation let the stars light your way lift you out of your situation for a while just enjoy always Blue
Seren

Seren

16 years 6 months ago

Awwww thankyou Magz I might

Awwww thankyou Magz I might just take you up on that one ... lol ... I am tired this afternoon going to bed shortly for a nap love and hugs Jayne x x x