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dark bird in flight: 6. joyful (collab with Kathleen Wilson)
by David Garneryour darkest winged sight from dreamed unknown
of shimmered heads our pounded selves this body is my night
your stars scatter starkly in their glow
make constellations stanzas dark thought realized
art to art joint browed pain dissolved mist rapt resolute
I take you into dream unbroken how can we explain
fallen dove's reflective dual passion's beak to mirrored beak
opened whitened feathered fall to joyful emptiness
your song by swollen aperture shoots daggers pierced
with stolen girlhood in this reservoir of memories with madness
mirror blooms our bathtub I succumb to strings like veins
your ingestion of my exhalations proves alluring follows oneness
bait you when you hold your breath I catch you fullsurprised
I wriggle through your oily coat lie inside you fit for lifetime
oxmate rumbles broken earth we blend our frozen flight for liftoff
then land together flame-winged softly grounded in our broken column
11/28/2007 Author's Note: first stanza=Kathleen
second=mine
Posted on 11/28/2007
Copyright © 2024 David Garner
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 11/28/07 at 07:35 PM I'm flying with this bird and see all it sees, yet I'm so not apart of its emotions. I'm pierced by its cries, thinking maybe I'm the girl flying on its back. I'm still human and long to be bird.
I love it!
~Chelle~ |
| Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 11/29/07 at 10:24 AM What an amazing experience this has been, from out of blue unknowing... this intense exchange... your always unexpected outdoing of what might seem possible, fresh in language and imagery. An inspiring, exotic, powerful collaborative flourishing. Thank you for imagining, suggesting this! |
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