D.Greaves http://dgreaves.posterous.com Well Veresed. Never Rehearsed. posterous.com Sat, 05 Feb 2011 06:19:00 -0800 MAHOGANY CHAISE(4 JUSTINA) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/mahogany-chaise4-justina http://dgreaves.posterous.com/mahogany-chaise4-justina

Piano

Awakened by a chorus

from the whipporwills

in a dreamscape

I see you and I

walking through a lush meadow

in the andean hills

 

Bless my foolish heart

as it beats with anticipation

yet my reality reduced

to an amalgamation

of past love sensation

a secret visitation

upon the eve of our wedding vows

pausing to dab perspiration

from your lovely brow

 

I wake up and walk

into the kitchen cove

and set water to boil

on the antique stove

our love assailants

too numerous to defend

plucking from the cupboard

your favorite african blend

 

The aroma cascades

like a mountain stream

trickling into a reservoir

of my memories

macbethian tragedies

our camelot made of wood

burning ferociously

sparked by the careless embers

of my petty jealousies

 

How ironic that in the midst

of war we were so close

our love that once spoke so eloquently

now refuses to be verbose

I settle in my favorite chair

and peer across the room

the early morning gloaming casting

a shadow upon my gloom

from the loom 

of love we weaved our tapestry

and now scene three

of our tragedy

to be or not to be

I pour a cup of freshly brewed coffee

the dark hue reminding me

of loves evil face

a drop of sweet cream

a teaspoon of carribean sugar

sweeten to my taste

yet still tears saturate

my ebony face

as your robe rests  forlornly

upon your favorite mahagony chaise

 

Ignoring messages

received the previous night

only bowing to exhaustion

for sleep is a demon 

i valiantly fight

for when i close my eyes

I only think of you

and even now when sipping a cup

of your favorite african brew

 

I remember old school romance

from the tip of your fountain pen

I see you cuddled in your afghan

such blissful love vibes 

your body would send

yet 

like falling rain

from the gravier romance tome

the downpour of romance is falling

but you are not at home

 

Our fate in lockstep

with Phillip and Nicole

the characters in your book

remember when in the Andean Hills

we kissed in perfect syncopation

with a babbling brook

but alas

the earth shook

and dislodged our hearts 

once so secure

i close my eyes and imagine you

walking in the door

 

where loyalties lie

hearts know not

as time passes by

time ebbs and flows

the passion

the throes 

regret cannot quantify

oh how i wish 

we could have remained

isolated from the restless horde

you my queen of romance

i your knight holding aloft

my righteous sword

 

uncanny how fiction

starts to resemble our reality

twisting the script 

on a timeless bond of intimacy

two hearts befouled

by siren songs in the mist

faded images of moonlight escapades

and sublime romantic trysts

 

Can a screenplay

ever hope to convey

the depth of our sacred love

when the heavens opened

and our names written in the clouds above

the whipporwills

cease their melodic song

and fly away in haste

as your robe rests forlornly

upon your favorite mahogany chaise

 

 

 

I dedicate this piece to justina wheelock

my dear sister whose inspiration to my muse

cannot be measured

justina wheelock is the author

of the black romance novels

 

Like Falling Rain

Where Loyalties Lie

Twisting the Script

 

In addition my dear sister is a marvelous 

screenwriter and poetess

Lady Justina

from dgreaves the poet

to you with admiration

affection and absolute respect

chao

chao

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