The Ghost Of Integrity



As the night's sparkled breeze spilled stars across
the sky, dreams of love fluttered from soft moans,
his heart caught her train of thought while moonlight
performed a sullen opera; twisted
notes of rippled insanity's freedom,
and he wondered where she had vanished to
as buttered breath slipped down his restless soul -
visionary beauty snarled blue romance,
sorrow erupted from sleep's waved farewell.

A crash of delicious anxiety
cracked the cool atmosphere with a terse bolt
of personality as tears stung cheeks;
blushed knowledge steamed ire from her deep brown eyes,
time sliced adultery into sections,
manageable moments that sizzle fire -
she was underneath the promise of dawn,
quietly shaking guilt from her spirit,
but coloured dishonesties clung like lust.

Birdsong tortured pleasure's hostility,
whispered emotion's juxtaposition
curled inside the ghost of integrity
as his body pleaded with her to stay,
and the voice of reason juggled sharp knives
in the distant horizon's swirl of red -
as their kiss transformed butterflies to fear
she cried within and pulled away from him,
an embrace flittered into history
without a pause or a quick backwards glance,
and silence pursued her trails of sadness,
passion's arrival bled departure's tears
as the emergence of light screamed goodbye.
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Submitted on January 07, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXXXXXXAX BXXXXXXXX BXBXXXXXBAXXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,269
Words 206
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 9, 9, 13

Ian Sawicki

Ian Sawicki has been writing poetry for over twenty years. He is a Manchester born poet, who has dedicated his life to exploration and composition of poetry. His work reflects the many great influential experiences of his life, the pain, the pleasure combined to create new exciting poetry. If anyone is interested in my books then please visit my lulu storefront. All artwork on these books is by my own hand. http://stores.lulu.com/chasingtheday more…

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