Tarnished Starlight

been there - seen that.................

TARNISHED STARLIGHT

 

If an overpowering longing

Dictates indecent haste

And kisses sweet as honey

Leave bitter after taste

 

If trembling fingers reach to touch

A lover, no longer there

And anguish bites with razor teeth,

Leaving pain, too great to bear.

 

If angry words tear you apart

With bitterness unseen

And loving, is not enough

To heal the rift between

 

Then

Tarnished starlight is bitter bright

When seen through broken tear

And silent shadows shape the night

With silhouette --- unclear.

 

 

©Copyright Jen -JG 2000

Reviews

[Emily B]

Lovely words. I enjoyed your work very much.

[None]

Emotional and extremely well written! I feel the sadness, the pain but you display these feelings so wonderfully--I don't feel the sting as badly! Beautiful writing!

[A.r. Bazian]

nice...
yet... i can only say that love is very much a levitation... its another step closer to humanity, and to your own truth!
the experience sometimes is bitter-sweet!
but in the end... it a ladder...
and the person on the top...
is but yourself to meet!
nice poem!

[Ady]

I can see this being set to music... very lyrical