Adam Half Face
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L. Edgar Otto June 26/27, 2013
We act differently while viewed in
Love's ultimate songs of uncertainty
We are each others mirrors
foggy or fun house or crystal clear
Full of time as much as emptiness
we half shadows to the touch
When I lean against the brick wall or
to rest my head on my arms to sleep
I imagine the wall is real too and you
weighing me down noticed with the gravity
Adam's profile half his face beholds
some imagined bearded lady
Lightning down or nurtured up from hidden
roots forever young the tree of life to sky
Eve the other half and view inside my mind
no image worthy of your soul's shadow
Although we dance and tease, our touching
doubled, temptation cuddle, eternal garden
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There are many profound lines in this poem, and you have expressed them with a neat turn of phrase.
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I love your poem! So intimate and powerful.
ReplyDeleteI love so many lines, but these are my fav:
"Lightning down or nurtured up from hidden
roots forever young the tree of life to sky
Eve the other half and view inside my mind
no image worthy of your soul's shadow"
Wonderful!!!
"We are each other's mirrors
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This is so true. Well done!
K
It all goes back to Adam, dosn't it?
ReplyDeleteMaybe, for English anyway... East of Eden but not always West of Aden I do not plan to ever include that story in my poems but if it occurs in the various forms of mysticism of the peoples of the book I do not stop it... Anyway thanks for the comment long time poet friend I follow (you and dave)
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