O Frenzied Light!

arqios


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If we stretched out rumpled sheets—
 
O blazing sun!—opalescent shades,
 
Drunk on the shapes that twist and sway,
 
Dionysus laughs, the vines unbraid!
There on the open square, we reel,
 
Each step a dance, each breath a hymn,
 
Through thunder’s teeth, a wan smile gleams,
 
Unfurling flashes—stumbling, dim!
O Night! O Scourge! O Scraped and Raw!
 
The moonlight polishes our wounds,
 
Yet still we writhe, still gasp and claw—
 
Had we struck out? The gods exult!
 
In utter defeat, the frenzy blooms!
 
 
 
 
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  • sorenbarrett

    So classic in form the opposites reconciled as one merges into the next. I love the paradoxical philosophy of this. A fave

    • arqios

      Thanks Soren. The dance of opposites is quite a thing to behold and experience 🙏🏻🕊️

    • David Wakeling

      Wow this is dramatic.I enjoyed reading so much.I had to look up some of the words but that's just me.The poem is very good.

      • arqios

        Thanks so much David. Most appreciated 🙏🏻🕊️

      • arqios

        And that moment has arrived…

        • arqios

          Less than half on the field

        • Salvia.S

          A powerful and vivid poem—full of emotion, movement, and striking imagery. Well written!!!

          • arqios

            Thanks Salvia, greatly appreciated 🙏🏻🕊️

          • Thomas W Case

            Superb.

            • arqios

              Thank you🙏🏻🕊️

            • Tristan Robert Lange

              This is another WOW, poem. Love the reference to Dionysus, revelry and suffering...the one often leading to the other even as it often fills the black holes we are escaping. That need not be read into this, but this poem is about two opposing forces, pleasure and pain and so much can be interpreted out of it. Bravo. A must fave! 🌹👏

              • arqios

                Perhaps it can be and should be but I respect that it has been recognised as such together with the freedom of reading in or not intact. Thanks dear friend 🙏🏻🕊

                • Tristan Robert Lange

                  You are most welcome, my friend.

                • Goldfinch60

                  Very dramatic words arqios, a pleasure to read.

                  Andy

                  • arqios

                    Thanks Andy 🎭🕊️🙏🏻

                  • arqios

                    Thanks for the Fave @Cheeky Missy🕊🙏🏻

                    • Cheeky Missy

                      My pleasure, you're welcome!

                    • Cheeky Missy

                      My la! What on earth is this? The germ from whence the others followed? Rendered in italics so as to yield effective response, oh, the imagery and finer details! Oh the haunting poignancy writhing in the half light of a sputtering candle! Gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.

                      • arqios

                        Sputtering and writhing, striving for presence and significance 🕊🙏🏻

                        • Cheeky Missy

                          Precisely.



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