Unbearable Beauty in the Color Grey



Unbearable Beauty in the Color Grey

On a day bathed in so many shades of misty grey
There upon those rugged cliffs above the Fundy Bay
Heart pounding like the thunder in those crashing waves
Trembling lips dripping with heart-felt words I could not say

So shy,  I was a teenage girl so much in love
My soul on fire like that blazing stormy sky above
Where lighting crackled and sizzled in a burning  flame
As his yearning eyes searched mine there in that wind-swept rain

Taking cover in that shack with broken window panes
Where tattered pieces, of old lace curtains still, remained
Peels of nervous laughter silenced in that broken frame
As the storm outside ragged against us all in vain

When with tears of stormy weather still running down his face
His lips found mine there in that that old abandoned place
A moment so electrifying, it seared my soul
With a memory that  haunts me now that I am old

When stormy weather lets me see him as he was that day
There on those lofty cliffs above the Fundy Bay
My heart pounding like the thunder in those crashing waves
As I drift in the beauty of those shades of misty grey
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Submitted on June 14, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A AABA CCDE XXDE FFXX AABA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,100
Words 207
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Elaine C. George

Not to be confused with other poets by the name of Elaine George, I am Elaine Cecelia George, born on the 27th day of November in the year 1946 in the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.   (Violin, Snowflake, A Winter Rose, From my Porch, The Love of a Gentleman, Where the Heart Resides, One Regret, The Tide of Time, and the Promise of Spring), have been published in various books and magazines and school books.  Some are being used as teaching tools for poetry classes offered on websites, most without my permission, nonetheless, I am honoured. One  poetry website has given credit to another Elaine George from England for my personification poem, 'SNOWFLAKE.  I have asked them several times to correct this, but it still remains unchanged. Since 2006, in addition to my books of poetry, I have had several short stories and A book entitled, 'Earthbound Angels made of Stone, A epic story written by me in a collaboration with The Canadian Photographer, Darren Creighton. I am currently writing a historical fiction thriller entitled, Out of the Darkness. I hope to have it completed before the year end. more…

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