Without A Trace

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well. - Thoreau

Image: pixabay.com

with a timeless, equivocal smile on replete lips of reciprocal dignity and irony

eyelashes like da vinci's very brush

i swan dive into the pooled depths of gilded eyes

pulling myself up on the everest of rising cheekbones

feeling  my way along the stacato lines in a forehead of pasteurized milk

through the knowing way of indulgent, nasal passages

corrugated, artesian hair outlining all

a sharp rise before an inevitable fall

your angelic, covid-masked face

disappearing

without  a trace

Author's Note

"There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before." - Thoreau

"I turned my face more exclusively than ever to the woods, where I was better known.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

how beautifully your words flow off my mind's tongue ..no need at all to read out loud .. i think this is such a wondrous tribute to the masked but smiling lady and it's author .. the broadest of brush strokes on social commentary lets me leap and bound around what i and other so many varies think about masking .. pasteurized milk, everest cheekbones and nasal passages have never been so enticingly romantic .. great work with this says i .. the turn on imaging with such concrete humanity is exquisite ... who care about the disease ... luv and joy brother! great stuff in this one and as always Thoreau just adds more blooms to the buds ..
E.

[Pete]

nice share. thanks so much e. the whole covid thing has caused us all to look more closely at ourselves and others (inside and out) in a different way - sometimes revealing hidden beauty and other times ugliness. keep the faith and keep rockin' my dear friend ... :)

[Ruth]

One face is another's face of late. The world no longer just smiles or pretty art but rather, perhaps, a canvas to scratch and decorate anew. Maybe from the rubble can be reborn a meaning that gives rise to humanity and their strength once more...this not only leads me to art/artistic expression but also to the passing of time and with that, the reshaping of what will be...as always Pete, excellent visuals and poetry...

[Pete]

your thoughts on such matters are always enlightening. perhaps this covd thing will lead to a new sort of renaissance as we all look within and without. perhaps being masked causes us to find our lost humanity below the superficial surfaces. thanks for the thoughtful share and keep well my dear friend ... :)

[Amber Stone]

truly epic!!!
sincerely, Amber

[Pete]

thanks amber. you rock girl... :)

[Unspoken poet]

This intrigued me, I really enjoyed this write

[Pete]

so kind of you to share thoughts. appreciated. thank you ... :)