Dark Matter’s ink diluted
10 December 2015
(Original Tanka post “Dark Matter” of March 14, 2015 changed to a new form as a Tanka with a closing Haiku inspired by Ronovan writes Freku but keeping the Tanka form and without rhyming in the other stanzas; I’d be tempted to call it Tankaiku 😀 )
Poppies red in field
Danced to the wake of sunlight
Before stillness hit
Like an earthquake hearts burst out
From withered poppies that shrank
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Crimson hearts pulsate
In their naked agony
Frail and bodiless
Slender frame responds shaking
As the hearts begin to beat
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The throbbing hummed on
Beating to the rhythm of red
Cast on sea of hearts
Ocean in heart responded
While I picked them one by one
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Feathers gathered pink
To gushing crimson fountain
Soft they had been once
Mellow in healing touch
Hands extended I faltered
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Sewn across bodies
Shells picking up a new life
Hearts reached out in vain
Tight writhing chest echoed dull
As my arms withdrew sullen
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All I had was ink
Dark matter spilled on my hands
As I waved goodbye
My mind walked on free yet tied
To a bottomless low tide
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Surviving Dreamtime
Dark Matter’s ink diluted
Heart weightless renewed
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As the last new moon of the year is soon upon us I set about diluting the past and waking up to new morrows.
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Really good geetha..
Thanks Paul 🙂
I love your command of form and the flow in your poetry…this is another stunning piece, Geetha, filled with beautiful imagery…
Thank you Thomas 🙂
You are welcome, Geetha 🙂
You had me at the title. Just. WOW.
Thank you Tony 🙂