The Lady who Leapt

sylviasearcher

Freedom now and ever after

Hope lingered but briefly, chapter by chapter

Too long, kept on in secrecy

Come fast the time. Unchained to be

 

Strange Spectators shriek and shudder

But not a word could ever utter

No words now, no lips could pass

To change the leap that was too vast

 

Freedom now and ever after

Unto a world promised peace would capture

Enveloped by soft river’s landing

Alone at last, existence expanding

 

Far away now from those who never know

That which leaping lady dare not show

Or perhaps free from world’s complicit collusion

The ancient masterpiece. Human illusion!

 

Waters greet with gushing grace

The lonely lady who lost her face

And found it flowing through a dream

But all they hear. Her haunting scream.

  • Author: sylviasearcher (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 6th, 2019 02:32
  • Comment from author about the poem: Needs polishing ...
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  • Goldfinch60

    May your dreams flow in beauty and wonder as do your words.

    • sylviasearcher

      Thanks Goldfinch. These words follow a scene in my book.

    • Neville

      Well crafted and darkly so with hauntingly sinister overtones and chilling undercurrents ... contemporary yet with a classical flavour and feel...... Neville

      • sylviasearcher

        Perhaps not in like when in the awakening the protagonist drowns herself at sea?

        • Neville

          I have not seen the movie, so am not sure.... N

          • sylviasearcher

            Is it a movie?
            Kate Chopin
            The awakening?
            It’s definateky a book

            • Neville

              Oh' silly me... no never read but maybe I will ..

              • sylviasearcher

                ‘The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.’

                It may be a film also. I just wasn’t sure.

                • Neville

                  I can hear her calling each day from my study... well very nearly...

                  • sylviasearcher

                    You hear the calling described above?
                    The abysses of solitude?



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