Sunday Poetry with Jenean C. Gilstrap: i wonder of you

It’s Sunday and it’s time for poetry with Gypsy Woman Jenean C. Gilstrap. Today: i wonder of you

John Singer Sargent. The Misses Vickers, 1884, oil on canvas, 137.8 × 182.9 cm, Weston Park Museum. Photo credit: wikipedia

i wonder of you

i wonder of you

when you are not here

with me near me

when you are

not to be found

to be seen

i wonder of you

on those nights

in the darkness

of my own devices

when there is no

light seeping through

the blue black velvet

of my thoughts of you

no beacon of life

to show me the way

to help me till the light of day

no gentle caress upon my breast

no sheltering from the storm

of sleepless nights without you

i wonder of you

of where you are

with whom you share yourself

those nights

when you are not here

with me near me

when the blackness round

rushes into my dreams

like melted licorice sticks

smoldering there till

light of morn

i wonder of you

of where you are

if the other misses you

when you are here

as much as i miss you

when you are there

if she thinks of you

when you are here

as i think of you

when you are not

if her thoughts twist

in turmoil in your

absence as mine do

if her heart sings

in joy at your

presence as mine does

if her dreams

drift in waves

of blue velvet

when you are near

as mine do

i wonder of you

~

is it her

 is it

her name

you cry in

the silent screams

of your lifeless dreams

her scent

that gives you flight

on crimson wings in the night

is it

her laughter

that fills the bottomless hole

dug deep within your poor lost soul

her flesh

that burns now your own

through layered shreds of crystal bone

is it

her soul

that cradles you gently in the bleak black blue

left behind by anguished adieu

her spirit

that holds in love the charred remains

of life’s last embers within your veins

is it

is it hers

or

is

it

mine

~

~ both pieces from the poet’s first volume of poetry – “words unspoken” ~

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