mist

[Dastrix Slogan]

it was said that on that day
there was mist
that rolled in from nowhere
and covered ones path
both coming and going
but they knew better
they knew time had been given to them
as a gift
as an apology
for years lost in between

a safe harbor of rolled smoke across the sky
to shelter bitter tears being kissed away
and touches that tore at the heart
one last time
a grey and bumpy veil across the firmament
to hide the sadness
of time that would simply
just
not
last

and when skin became cloth
hands become gloves
and the first kiss ebbed to the last
they disappeared from one another
forever

it was said there was mist
that day
but they knew better

for the sky that covered them
stole a grain of time
from the thief of ages
and presented it to their hearts
guarded
in bleeding hands

the sky it rolled earthward
alighted to cover them
cascading like ink in water
that day the sky bowed down
and touched its lips to the ground
in humility of the imperfection
in sorrow for the finality
and in awe of the beauty
of love

 

[New]

I enjoy the grandiose tone of this poem...some moments can only be captured through such majesty.

 

[up all night]

Beautiful.

 

[Ghost_of_Caress]

Not much impresses me...but this was wonderfully moving.

 

[(Wordy)]

I can only echo what's already been said: majesty, beauty, emotional power. Almost sounds like a classical definition of poetry.