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The Outline of My Lover
by JJ JohnsonI used to dream in black and white but now I dream in color
It used to be that every cloud hid it's silver lining behind shadows
But now even the darkest of clouds expose the outline of my lover
While pain has died in a silver noose that dangles from my gallows
I have waited all my life for a light to shine where none had ever shown
To warm my heart by a fireplace glowing from the embers of my soul
They'd grown so cold I was sure that I had not learned all that I've known
That snow flakes on my heart concealed nothing more than an empty hole
I was lonely in ways that fooled the fools who never knew me
And the ones who did could not see the cloud that had no lining
For hidden inside me was a man who could not set the darkness free
Embracing emptiness to form delusion's fog of grand designing
At first you tried to shatter myths I had molded into gods
Who would not show the silver that could expose you as my other
Till darkness painted a rainbow from gold blinding my demigods
In lonely times I dreamt in black and white but now I dream in color
12/24/2011 Posted on 12/24/2011
Copyright © 2026 JJ Johnson
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Jody Pratt on 12/25/11 at 01:47 AM The third stanza is my favorite, but then again I like repeated internal and sound rhymes. Not to be nit picky (actually, that's exactly what I'm about to do); are you sure about rhyming gods with demigods? It seems like you're cheating your poem a little bit, which is otherwise very nice. |
| Posted by Lori Blair on 12/26/11 at 04:05 AM Just beautiful..everything is seen in black and white until it is truly felt..in color..the heart knows much more than our eyes can ever see alone! Wonderful write! |
| Posted by Kristine Briese on 12/27/11 at 01:19 PM Wonderful imagery, excellent rhythm. A fine poem, all around. |
| Posted by Joe Cramer on 12/28/11 at 02:50 PM ... excellent..... |
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