Degorram Posted March 16, 2010 Report Posted March 16, 2010 There is a child in me. She is there, lying in my heart. Curled up, eyes closed. No – not a child, For she is more ancient than the sea. She existed when the stars were spoken into being. When at a shout the light poured over the earth and the expansion of the universe began. There is a child in me. I call her a child For she is small but strong, her hands no bigger than snowflakes, her hair longer than the sky and wrapped around her like ribbon. Her voice a smooth melody, and I ache to hear her silence. She rests inside a corner of my heart and fills me with a dying glow. There is a child in me. But she fades Every time a star dies. A little more each winter, a little more each new moon. I stand. I rise. I walk among the stars, those angels who remember her name when no one else can. They sing haunting echoes that catch in the corner of my heart. I feel her light within me. And I release the muse that haunts my spirit. Nearby a star collapses and pulls ancients to its core; those mourning bodies that humans watch in awe swallowed whole now no more. Where is my perspective? The solar wind furies, tears the flesh of this particle of dust. But I hold on for the sake of the child. She stirs inside me, sensing the dance of the comets, sensing the swirl of color that we humans have never seen, can only imagine, can only dream. I open my heart, the child escapes. She, now released, turns to face me. There in the gush of celestial music, I see myself, a muse of vast proportions, clothed in fire, gilded in storm, sister of the stars, cousin of the wind, my life, my heart, my imagination.
Harmonious_Echos Posted April 7, 2010 Report Posted April 7, 2010 There is a child in me, as well...And, in my case, full of mischeif and prone to causing bizarre wanderings of the mind and soul! I love the visuals, though, especially the celestial references... Harmony & Muse
Snypiuer Posted April 11, 2010 Report Posted April 11, 2010 I like it! (Awkward pause) yeah. . . O.K. then! *Snypiuer REALLY needs to work on his critiquing skills.*
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