In Moments

[Justin Silverblade]

In Moments

 

Love, is real.

Unconcerned, inattentive, unbelievable,

Indefinable,

Whimsical, superfluous, wanton,

Sublime.

 

Real, in moments that

Aren’t.

Flirting brushes, a lustful gaze,

Playful, painful, laughing joys.

But when perchance those eyes first meet

As flesh touches flesh,

Time stops.

That is real.

That is when we first begin to feel.

 

Real in moments that

Won’t.

Knowing softly, silently,

Sometimes in tears,

Knowing brilliantly, blissfully,

Blindingly aware,

That nothing will

Ever be the same.

Yesterday’s haunts won’t recognize you,

ᅟ ᅟ ᅟ Today’s trials won’t see you,

ᅟ ᅟ ᅟ ᅟ ᅟ ᅟ And all tomorrow’s hopes will be delightfully foreign.

All ᅟ ᅟ becomes different. ᅟ Smiles ᅟ different. ᅟ ᅟ Cries

ᅟ ᅟ different. ᅟ ᅟ Sighs ᅟ ᅟ different. ᅟ ᅟ Lies ᅟ ᅟ different.

Dreams ᅟ ᅟ drift ᅟ in: ᅟ ᅟ never before ᅟ dreamt.

ᅟ ᅟ Then ᅟ ᅟ Beauty ᅟ is

Redefined.

 

Real, in moments that

Can’t.

When things should be:

In a way we can only know

Suddenly

But within a core of us

So deeply that the very

Fiber

Of the moment is made

Clear

To us, but is wrong

So wrong

From what it should be

And we can move only

To change it, correct it, to Fix It

Or end it

Somehow, some way,

Even if we have no idea how

Because that moment clearly

Fundamentally

Cannot be

As it is.

 

Real, in moments that

Don’t.

Where suffering knows no place,

Banished from between embrace.

Where the very depths of Hell

Can not breach those sacred gates.

 

Love, is real in

Moments.

 

 

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Edit: I've edited your post with the spaces as you had in your post editing, hope you don't mind it. The indent instructions I used are here.

/Tanny

 

 

Edit: Having spacing problems. In the third verse the line: "Today’s trials won’t see you," should be indented, and then the following line "And all tomorrow’s hopes will be delightfully foreign." should be indented twice. The rest of the verse is supposed to have sporadic spacing and indenting, with "Redefined." ending the verse squarely un-indented on the left. It shows up as indented and spaced on my post editing but not in the displayed finished post If anyone knows how or if I can fix this please let me know.

 

PS - I have tried the "indent" option on the posting but it also double spaces things, which I don't want.

 

 

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Not the first poem since my return to creativity, but more fitting to be my first to post. General feedback as well as critical suggestions are all welcome, but not required. Hope you enjoyed!

 

- Justin

Edited March 25, 2007 by Tanuchan

[Mira]

I'm glad to see you back around these parts Justin. Your words are always welcome and I hope to find the time to critique them throughly in the future.

[Kikuyu_Black_Paws]

Beautiful. There are no words to describe it. Keep it up! I want to read more!!!