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"Ice Queen"

rest quietly
in the meadows of my heart,
for in this battle
I've come to bleed for you my love

do not watch,
as my sword is quickened
by the heart that wields it
and it beats of mercy still

it was in a war for love,
were I found a man
still drawing pistols at dawn,

that was you

I came
as a winter's breath of ice,
when the dust of days
choked your throat
in the heat of the clash
 
then as scorching
heat I found you,
in cold nights as 
a creeping freeze
wound its way up your legs,
I stared it back down
to cower at your feet

you fought for me
when the most loyal had left,
you would still bleed for me
I would only have to ask

But I have become night
with a black sightless stare,
I am whatever you make of me

look for a fearless face
as your vision
starts to blur and whorl,
look to the spark
as the blades flash
and ring?

it will be there
that you will find me,
as my time turns
its hands to conflict

rest in the silence of my love
lay down your sword the fight is over
and mine just begun

— Seren, May 23, 2010

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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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CyberSpace

16 years ago

you will never fight alone

you will never fight alone not while I am around speechless love hubby xoxoxoxoxoxox
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

Sometimes there are battles

Sometimes there are battles we have to face alone I know you know that ... and that you also understand this but I also understand you having to say it though and i love you for it love wifey x x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
loved

loved

16 years ago

ur blessed

...with apart from a poetic mind a lovely hubby who always stands behind... gr888888 couple u 222222222222
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

Dear Loved

I am just lucky dont know what I did to deserve it ? but I aint saying no lol love and hugs JayCee ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
Beauregard

Beauregard

16 years ago

nominated

because I want to rest quietly in the meadows of your heart. That sounds like a wonderful idea right now. 1.4: "bled" --> 'bleed' 5.1: "I had to come" --> 'I came' 8.2: "black ice stare" --> something like 'black arctic stare' or 'frozen black stare' (try to not repeat "ice" from 5.2) Sweet dreams, Jayne. This was beautiful. Kelsey
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

Dear Kels

Got kept up a little longer than expected so I fixed those couple of things thanks so much for the help and the read big love and hugs JayCee x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
xena465

xena465

16 years ago

Gee the is great...

I can feel the power of your words...Just Soooooooooooo...brilliant JayCee. Rosina xena465
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

Dearest Rosina

I loved your comment because i felt empowered in the writing of this one ... there are just some places I go that when I write there its stuff even I like ... thanks for the comment and the read will be round reading and commenting tonight had already planned to visit your page love and big hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

Dear Mand

I am constantly reading something .. so ideas flash by me but they are always someone elses ideas and I have always been my own person and I guess thats why I push myself out of the box all the time ... thanks for your lovely comment it made my night ... love and big hugs JayCee x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years ago

And you were empowered dear Jayne Chloe

Ann of Norway First a wonderful poem dear Jayne. And how! Your words so well thought out flow into our consciousness and fix our minds on you to experience your every utterance as if it were our own. We smart at your position, cowed and wilted before the sword of your loved man, and understand what love can do for our lives, you put it so eloquently and with such grand feelings of pathos mixed with the desire to live on forever in your bliss, and yet we understand this cannot be so, not for any of us, in the end. How right you are that this battle is to be fought alone, this we all know is true and would not that it was so, wishing to aid those in need with all we can give them, but it is so. I like the use of sound, I don't mean the sound of the words, I mean the meaning of the sounds implied by the words, the clashing and the laying down of the sword, gives this an operatic feel to it as regards this sound. I love this:- "But I have become night
with a black sightless stare," "I’ve come to bleed for you my love"............I would like I HAVE BECOME INSTEAD OF I'VE! "I came 
as a winter’s breath of ice, ".....oh bother me what? I would prefer LIKE to as. "and it beats of mercy still" "in the heat of the clash 
 
then as scorching
heat I found you,"........I would prefer not the repetition of heat? "wound its way up your legs,
I stared it back down 
to cower at your feet".... ...I find this slightly illogical the climbing up and you leave us up then suddenly are cowering and looking up from below! Have I been hard? I am being honest. I love this poem and wish it to be THE BEST. Love to you and Snake from Ann.
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

Dearest Ann

Before i go to bed (which I expect to be early hours of the morning lol) I will get the edit on this one done there were a few of your ideas I had already planned to change like your suggestion for the two heats ... but dont ever think your being hard ... you are being a good friend and making me a better poet ... dont fear bing hard on me lol ask the professor ha ha ;) love and big hugs Jayne-Chloe x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years ago

Ice queen? We shall melt

Ice queen? We shall melt in your presence. ~ "Just as what you dream is your own and no one else can observe it, so the world you see is your own." ~ Nisargadatta
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

LOL that was Keiths

LOL that was Keiths suggestion but I think you already knew that (hugs) good to see you I melt into your poetry everytime love and big hugs JayCee x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
Geezer

Geezer

16 years ago

Ice Queen...

I am wondering; did you mean, [where] I found a man? I stumbled on that line, but got the sentiment quite clearly. Yes, some battles are best fought alone. That way, we don't have the distraction of protecting someone whilst fighting the fight. Your love is obvious to all. ~ love and hig bugs, ~ Gee ~ p.s. Thanks for your help, in keeping lou here, she is a very good poet, and deserves to be part of the family.
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

Dearest Gee

Thanks for picking up the where lol I missed it typo more than anything I meant where lol some battles can only fought alone but you already you that my friend thanks for the visit and the lovely comment its always appreciated love and big hugs JayCee x x x P.S I am just glad it was a positive outcome for all shes a lovely lady and i am glad I could help big smile ((hugs)) ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years ago

Dearest Jayne

I found all of your lines to be inspiring, but these resonated: it was in a war for love, were I found a man still drawing pistols at dawn, that was you Someone said that you and Snake are a wonderful couple... they are right. Someday you should write a poem about the road you took to becoming that couple. Love, Cat
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

Dearest Cat

OooOOoOo now that would be a poem that would have some ears burning ... see we were friends for a long time before we got together ... thanks for the beautiful comment ... when I write the poem it may not seem lovely dovey it was a wild ride when we first got together lmao ;) love and big hugs JayCee ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")
arja

arja

16 years ago

…love this lines: “I

...love this lines: "I came as a winter’s breath of ice, when the dust of days choked your throat in the heat of the clash" ...very mysterious, makes me want to learn more and read on.. ;)
Seren

Seren

16 years ago

Dear Alone

Read on my friend its good to have you back with us :) I missed your poetry and your lovely flower floating around the site love and big hugs JayCee x x x ("Quote:-For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.-Ivan Panin")