virtuoso
06-09-2014, 11:32 AM
A solemn book
with a transparent cover
baring the folio
of a solitary life
the binding thread-bare
smudges of dried glue
shackling the tattered leaves
a melancholy shroud, brown stencil
covering my graded days
rambling lines parade
on pages shaded gray
stained pen pricks of a heart
blipping without rhythm
forgotten green splotches
blades of virile youth
bleached by seething suns
leaving but indelible lines
to trace the carefree days
red ink blots clotting
with unrequited loves
tinges of purple shadow
days of wine and song
with undulating blue swells
to chart the blithe cadence
of so many, hopeful notes
spliced with short rests
the fleeting moments to caress
the short patches of blue sky
daubed with black clouds
dark ink tides that hover
around the faded dreams
with a transparent cover
baring the folio
of a solitary life
the binding thread-bare
smudges of dried glue
shackling the tattered leaves
a melancholy shroud, brown stencil
covering my graded days
rambling lines parade
on pages shaded gray
stained pen pricks of a heart
blipping without rhythm
forgotten green splotches
blades of virile youth
bleached by seething suns
leaving but indelible lines
to trace the carefree days
red ink blots clotting
with unrequited loves
tinges of purple shadow
days of wine and song
with undulating blue swells
to chart the blithe cadence
of so many, hopeful notes
spliced with short rests
the fleeting moments to caress
the short patches of blue sky
daubed with black clouds
dark ink tides that hover
around the faded dreams