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Shadow Dancing

  • Categories Poetry & Prose
  • Date July 5, 2011

In the still of the night,
your face dances on my wall,
I run my burdened hand
across your comforting eyes.
Hoping to feel just a glimpse of your skin.

You vibrate through my doors,
and tremble beneath my back.
Leaving marks on my bones,
and trails of love upon my heels.

Crawl inside my chest,
bury your need in me.
I will fold my hope around you,
and melt your past away.

We will sail to a place,
our reality cannot reach.
We will sink deep into our sand,
and love beyond what is seen.
I will rise up in your revelation
and be what you need of me.

Until I reach your lips,
your face will dance upon my wall.
as I dream upon your wonder
I will pour out all my colors,

while I wait desperately upon –

your healing thunder.

 

 
*Picture By Kumi Yamashita
 

Tag:Author, change, emotions, friendship, heart, hope, jessica kristie, journal, moments, night, poems, poetry, sadness, shadow dancing, write, writing

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    19 Comments

  1. fred
    July 5, 2011
    Reply

    Very nice Jess. Really love the movement of the imagery within the piece. Scanned over the photo at first and only really noticed it until after I finished the read. Works very well with the piece. Thanks for sharing:)

    • Jessica
      July 6, 2011
      Reply

      Thank you Fred! I liked the photo too and felt it worked with the piece. Thanks for always reading. 🙂 xo

  2. mark
    July 12, 2011
    Reply

    A great opening line leads to a wonderful finish. I quite like that last stanza.

    • Jessica
      July 14, 2011
      Reply

      Thank you Mark!

  3. brian miller
    July 12, 2011
    Reply

    nice…hope it shakes the windows…smiles. very nice jessica…some wonderful lines in here…and i like the pic too…

    • Jessica
      July 14, 2011
      Reply

      Thank you Brian, the pic worked well 😀

  4. Chris T.
    July 13, 2011
    Reply

    You carried me along… and left wishes in the wake.
    Take care,
    Chris
    via: http://onestoppoetry.com/

    • Jessica
      July 14, 2011
      Reply

      Thank you Chris. 🙂

  5. Andy
    July 13, 2011
    Reply

    Lovely imagery!
    Thanks for sharing.

    • Jessica
      July 14, 2011
      Reply

      Thank you Andy, I appreciate you reading.

  6. rasmithii
    July 13, 2011
    Reply

    What really attracted me to this piece is the voice of the poem soothing and assuring “the mystery shadow” that coming to her it will find comfort.

    • Jessica
      July 14, 2011
      Reply

      I am glad you heard that voice, thank you for reading. 🙂

  7. Kavita
    July 13, 2011
    Reply

    This was a killer poem, Jess! Superbly constructed! The imagery was really awesome.. and chilling enough to give me some shivers! And the glint of hope was so masterfully slid in… really cool!

    • Jessica
      July 14, 2011
      Reply

      You are so sweet Kavita, thank you very much!

  8. Shashi
    July 16, 2011
    Reply

    I pour out all my colors… what a lovely verse… and I enjoyed your lines …
    ‘Crawl inside my chest,
    bury your need in me.
    I will fold my hope around you,
    and melt your past away.’
    so much… these are beautiful words…Thanks for sharing…
    Shashi
    ? ??? ?????
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/07/whispers-cuckoos-song-and-smell-of-love.html

    • Jessica
      July 19, 2011
      Reply

      Thank you for reading 😀

  9. elizabeth
    August 3, 2011
    Reply

    This is my first time around but reading your poem makes me feel as if you know me.
    Now I want to get to know you.

    • Jessica
      August 3, 2011
      Reply

      You are very sweet, thank you! I am happy you decided to come by and read. I hope you find that a lot of my words speak to you. 🙂

  10. Performing Arts
    February 17, 2012
    Reply

    Hi Jessica! Such a wonderful poem. Since I am a performer, I do appreciate anything about performing arts especially in dancing. I so love this Jess. Thank you for sharing!

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