Alpine Angel
A rare visitation, I stand on uncommon ground
Tranquilized, unable to approach, or slowly turn
My mettle, my capable air, my strength betrays
Still…thankful that my warrior’s heart can burn
What Alpine Angel alights upon this street?
A lunar brilliance gilded by April’s moon
Piercing my slightly stable, barely managed reality
Causing me to pause, stumble, swerve, and swoon
A cruel mirage in my dysphoric urban desolation?
Flora’s envoy, unforeseen vision, effervescent hope
Let my poet’s pen release its soothing salve!
These confused sensations lie beyond the common scope
What silken creature’s beauty possibly so gleams?!
Oh, tarry for this blessed while… if only in my dreams…
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Theo J. van Joolen©2014
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Part III of III
Tranquilized, unable to approach, or slowly turn
My mettle, my capable air, my strength betrays
Still…thankful that my warrior’s heart can burn
What Alpine Angel alights upon this street?
A lunar brilliance gilded by April’s moon
Piercing my slightly stable, barely managed reality
Causing me to pause, stumble, swerve, and swoon
A cruel mirage in my dysphoric urban desolation?
Flora’s envoy, unforeseen vision, effervescent hope
Let my poet’s pen release its soothing salve!
These confused sensations lie beyond the common scope
What silken creature’s beauty possibly so gleams?!
Oh, tarry for this blessed while… if only in my dreams…
***
Theo J. van Joolen©2014
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Part III of III