for debby

[yakksoho]

Oh for the soft elegance of that kiss
Life seems so extreme at times
First Class -- what do we know?
Southernward -- not home; my wings are
___forever wrought homeward
___-- & what can it mean?
But that: I Love You
No, there is no
(Forever) I forgave these incidences
___When I died
(Was it so long ago? What do we know?)
Life is anything everthing but poetry
___So soft it flies!
Give room to spread these wings;
___Time dies.

So it goes. What do we know?
Your voice in nigh whispers, as I
ne'er heard it; here the word kiss --
Soft it goes! Those great grey wings
___Explode; oh so time flies
& all that it means,
Love, are birds; I forgave these wings
These passings, it's all that we know
The decline of our songs in the sky
___Softly it flies
___But to die.
There were 4 tears
So it goes we must go
___-- Kisses cried
4 heartbeats, one song
___So they are gone
___Love life goes on!
Airborne ever homeward
We must go so it goes
___-- And darling what do we know?

 

[(Wordy)]

Those great grey wings
___Explode; oh so time flies
& all that it means,
Love, are birds; I forgave these wings
These passings, its all that we know
The decline of our songs in the sky

I found these lines mystical, expressing a kind of truth that (I believe) only poetry can express: "oh so time flies & all that it means, love, are birds". To further comment on this would only deface it in some way.