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Whispers of Lonliness

by James Zealy

Haunted whispers of loneliness
Fraught with fear of isolation
Winters of barren celebration
Cast aside by tears of happiness

Two souls on uncertainties ledge
Leap into moments of chance
Where trust is happenstance
Awaiting a committed Pledge

Family is an uncertain artifact
Both now and in the past
As they begin their quest
To make a lifelong pact

Blue flowered forget-me-nots
Laced by tears of rain
Weave their webbed domain
Pointing tendrils of thought

That speak silent phrases
Heard from a pointed finger
Woven with a laugh that lingers
Scribed by an astral face

Lecturing life lessons
Heard by a warrior lass
Looking for defined success
In her search for family mission

Answers are discovered by two
Who make their own path
Fought through their shared past
As they meander through deja vu

05/26/2015

Posted on 05/26/2015
Copyright © 2024 James Zealy

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 05/27/15 at 12:16 PM

Powerfully haunting message here, James. Made all the more effective by your choice of vocabulary and tight composition.

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 06/02/15 at 03:34 AM

So many fine lines in this, James. You create an under current of subtle tension that completely keeps my attention. I especially love the blue forget-me-nots "pointing tendrils of thought," and this stanza "That speak silent phrases Heard from a pointed finger Woven with a laugh that lingers Scribed by an astral face ". I want to know more about the "warrior lass." Thanks for this very unique poem.

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