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Analogy, Contradictory, Different sides of anyone, Lady, Lover, Luna, Maiden, Metaphorical, Moon, Most eligible maiden, Multifaceted, One Shot Wednesday, One Stop Poetry, Phases, Phases of the moon, Relationship, Sides to a woman, Woman
Image credits: riamali@DeviantArt
Sometimes a mercurial drop
In an ebony ocean of fireflies
Sometimes a saucerful of cream
Waiting to be tasted by lovers’ eyes
Sometimes invisible
Too tired to acquiesce to a whim
Sometimes in full glory
With dazzle flowing over the brim
Sometimes a silver streak
Shying behind a greyzed veil
Sometimes a paper lantern
Throwing off glances yellowy pale
Sometimes a mystery
Abyssal.. in whom we willingly sink
Sometimes an open book
Written with clear magnetic ink
Sometimes an old friend
Guiding you when darkness surrounds
Sometimes a deadly foe
Invoking iniquity in sleeping hounds
Sometimes unreachable
Farthest from every known land
Sometimes in close proximity
Like fire in the cup of my hand
**Posted for One Shot Wednesday – the altar for poets! Offer your poems here… and feel blessed!! This week, the team @ One Stop Poetry celebrate their FIRST birthday… yes, it’s 52 weeks since the first OSW.. yaaaaaaaaaaayyy! Happy Birthday y’all… and please accept this poem as a little gift from me… 🙂 Love y’all loads!!**
Ah…the poem is quite true to the title…almost surreal in tone.
hehehe.. thanks, Charles.. I really needed to hear that… cuz I take a heck of a long time deciding the titles to my poems.. whew!
Glad you enjoyed this piece, my friend..
Beautiful… I feel like I am flying away in the universe with you.
The woman is a mystery… there lies her beauty~
Amen to that, my friend.. 🙂
Hope you enjoyed this flight into the depths of our lovely moon..
You had me at the ebony ocean…lovely Kavita….the cosmos of your heart is felt here…bkm
eeheehee.. how very sweet of you to say that, Barbara… I am dancing in utter glee at your kind owrds.. thank you sooooo much!!!
xoxoxox
Nicely played off of one another. A great vice versa feel to it and I like how you keep it kind of casual with “sometimes” in the first line and then adding really vivid pairings in the next.
Aww.. gee.. thanks, Patt! I guess the lovely moon has a very casual way of driving us all insane.. doesn’t she? 🙂
This is beautiful, the colour in the words tripped off my tongue…mercurial poetry. Lovely!
Now THAT, I take as a HUGE compliment, my friend.. thank you ever so much!! Am really happy you enjoyed this poem so much!!
xoxoxoox
LOVE this!!! and the final words…”like fire in the cup of my hand”…brilliant Kavita!
Oooohh.. thank you so much, Laura… that particular line – I loved it a lot myself!!! And am really glad you like it too.. yaaaaaayyy
xxxx
a nice blend of images meshed together…i like the fireflies and paper lanterns…and of course the cupped fire in the hand…
Oh another smile to the soul from your amazing talented work! Very nice!!!! 🙂
And what a fine gift it is, my friend! A mystery, a wonder, and a beauty this celestial woman…shining through the descriptions of your words.
You create a lovely visage of what many of us feel. We are complex and complicated, yet all seek the same kinds of connections. Really like this one, Kavita.
WOW… sometimes I really get wordless when I read you Kav, dear. So often many a time poetry is just to be read and enloyed… this is the case
🙂
Have no idea what any of it means, but the imagery is spectacular and it sounds wonderful!
Kavita, the repeated word, “sometimes,” invokes the surprising breadth of emotion revealed in this poem. The line that clutched my heart was “in an ebony ocean of fireflies.” Had the feeling of a starry night.
Your words are so carefully chosen; you are an eloquent writer. I love your work. Amy
Really some beautiful “sometimes’ here–I especially liked the opening stanza, and the third, and “…Sometimes a mystery
Abyssal.. in whom we willingly sink..” <–REALLY liked that. Excellent piece, Kavita. My pleasure to read it.
What a glorious verse! I love this in it’s simplicity and intricate descriptions. My favourite?
Sometimes a paper lantern…
I had to read this twice just for the sake of it. You have a way with words, like they just roll off your pen and make magic. I especially liked the ending.
Wonderful entry, Kavita!
Sometimes…sometimes…NO! Kavita, ALL THE TIME your writings, especially poetry leave me glad I’m alive, and can read, and can understand!
I like that dish of cream to be devoured by lovers’ eyes. (And licked by lovers’ tongues???) Oh my, Steve, “Shut up and Fish!” (That’s what is printed on the front of my cap!)
love 🙂 nice mirror…
It reminds of me of the theme on Duality. Such a fantastic piece, of course :-). I enjoyed the read!
Sometimes…
Fabulous ending!
Kavita, I agree this is almost surreal and it just drips off the tongue. Beautiful. The last line really brings it home! Amy
There are some great images in this poem
beautiful as always … surreal and sweet.
Lovely poem!
🙂
So much beautiful word play here, just a great poem. I enjoyed the refrain leading to the eventual balance of light and dark, quite captivating. ~ Rose
Wow…this is superb poetry…the imagery is marvelous!
You are flying, girl! That end line wraps this poem up so well. Marvelous! The rhythm is beautiful and flowing here.
Lady Nyo
after being married for 23 years now my husband still says he thinks he doesn’t know me at all…we have so many faces and layers…haven’t we…and that’s great – as your poem is kavita
you never cease to amaze me with the amazing images you paint with your words 🙂
beautiful write
‘in an ebony ocean of fireflies’…this is poetic caviar… // Peter.
kavita,
your poems are always wonderfully imaginative, inspiring, ever searching, but may i emphasize your words are always dazzling…taking me to a higher plane…i enjoyed your poem this week immensely…the contrast and opposite sides of life, and the truth your poem so beautifully expresses with such ease rhymes in a way that it instills passion and powerful emotion…
your writing is always wound around life’s most vivid subject matter..the photo is ever so unique and beguiling…taking me into another realm…i always hate to leave your blog…
sincerely,
Sometimes ‘sometimes’ is just enough…
“Sometimes an old friend
Guiding you when darkness surrounds”
Your words are such a beacon of light Kavita.
Sometimes unreachable…sometimes not. It
is the ‘sometimes’ that gives us hope, beckons
us to new challenges. Sometimes, never…yet
always sometimes…Well written and I love the
repetition. It words…sometimes.
Oops…
I meant to say it WORKS. sorry.