Saturday, September 17, 2011

My Glorious Torturer

            Zea-ching
Stanzas
4
Lines
7/stanza = 28 lines
Syllable/Words
Alternate 6 words then 13 words
Rhymes

Repeat
Line 7

My Glorious Torturer

                My poems are stuck in ether.
                There is a fog in my brain that will not let them gel.
                I catch a hazy glimpse
                Then away it swirls into nothingness behind the thick, gray, vaporous cloud cover.
                Again and again this always happens.
                A gauzy fabric enshrouds my mind keeping my poem just out of reach.
                Oh my Muse, my glorious torturer.

                I wait for her to come,
                To change this opaque landscape to a translucent, light filled meadow of wildflowers.
                Her crystal bell laugh I hear
                Muffled through the shifting haze of the perpetually seeking I must go through.
                She is a cruelly loving mistress.
                When finally I gain on her voice she darts away in the demesne.
                Oh my Muse, my glorious torturer.

                You wander away and I long
                To feel your gentle guiding hand upon my shoulder just one more time.
                You share your touch with many
                And when you visit all the others I must patiently wait my turn
                For you to come around again.
                When you are gone I struggle to find the correct words and images.
                Oh my Muse, my glorious torturer.

                You flow past on gossamer wings
                Leaving a contrail-like mist to swirl softly around and through my body.
                Pores soak in the pearlescent droplets
                That hold the next installment of lines and images to be poetically dispersed.
                My bloodstream carries each drop around
                Until it surges through my brain to my fingers as I quickly write.
                Oh my Muse, my glorious torturer.

Beth Ellen Cook               
9-16-2011

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