Butter pecan brown and wrapped in tomorrows,
I am forever in search
of realms that shall not wither or lie,
where green groves flourish
and moon is a symbol of human breathiness,
a brazen haze,
a bohemian escape,
for it’s a difficult thing to hide fervour caked
under one’s nails.
I awoke this morning in an orange dystopian world,
filled with a sense of dread,
with ache in darker than dark plumage
urging me, cushion the blow
of quarter-sized balls of hail pelting my head,
or face the music,
I am a woman of substance, a black swan surrounded
by chaos and din.
I hear the harsh laughs that echo from afar;
watch as tranquil sounds of nature are replaced
by the familiar cries of bedlam–
how am I to eat or survive
it remains to be seen, and questions arise,
but what’s evident is that when it comes
to swimming,
we can hold our necks erect and carry our wings
raised in an aggressive display,
a swan needs no rescuing.
Lips are red, with bittersweet taste of the world
under a champagne sky,
in margins of paper, and amid waves
and shallow water,
a nomadic nature that allows us to appreciate
what’s truly worth living for in the world,
I hold them tight in reason
and give voice to qualities only swans exhibit.
There can be no room for mistake.
Photo credits: Mira Nedyalkova, Stockholm Syndrome
Lisa hosts at dVerse and invites us to write inspired by attributes of animals,
I went with option #2: choose a particular attribute of an animal and write
a poem, that is about the animal but also an attribute that humans exhibit.
For NaPoWrimo Day 5 🌷
“A woman will never do again what has been done before.” by Mark Twain.
30 Responses
Sanaa what a magnificent character study of the black swan, where you articulate its attributes and then inhabit them. Exquisite writing to the prompt <3
Thank you so much, Lisa 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
(and thank you for the glorious prompt) 🌷
An utterly gorgeous write, Sanaa… I am wow’d…
Sincerely,
David
Thank you so much, Ben 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Oh my Sanaa. Another exquisite piece from you. ☺️❤️
Lips are red, with bittersweet taste of the world
under a champagne sky,
in margins of paper, and amid waves
and shallow water,
Gorgeous my friend 💓
Awww gosh! Thank you so much, Christine 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Beautiful, Sanaa! I love this…. for it’s a difficult thing to hide fervour caked
under one’s nails.
You definitely are a Swan! :>)
Thank you so much, Dwight 😀 so glad the poem and its imagery appealed to you 💄❤️
Beautiful use of colour, Sanaa, and such wonderful phrases. I particularly enjoyed the lines:
‘…moon is a symbol of human breathiness,
a brazen haze,
a bohemian escape’
(the assonance and internal rhyme of ‘brazen haze’ is so effective);
‘I am a woman of substance, a black swan surrounded
by chaos and din’;
and
‘we can hold our necks erect and carry our wings
raised in an aggressive display,
a swan needs no rescuing’.
Awww gosh! Thank you so much, my dearest Kim 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
whoa! This was awesome! You really got into the character there.
Thank you so much, Mrityunjay 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Truly beautiful ❤️
❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful, so illustrating our daily challenges with your poignant word images.
Thank you so much, Linda 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
What an excellent write… love how you used the black swan, which once was thought to be a myth, and then turned out to be true…
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you enjoyed it! It was a fun prompt to work with 💄❤️
I wonder if swans have any notion of how extraordinarily elegant they are? If they do, I’m sure they reckon that elegance doesn’t matter much.
Thank you so much, Jane 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Lips are red, with bittersweet taste of the world
under a champagne sky,
in margins of paper, and amid waves
and shallow water
Wow! So hypnotically sensual Sanaa. Superb write my friend! 🙂✌🏼🫶🏼
Thank you so much, Rob 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Incredibly beautiful in the description of the black swan….the emotions, the images, the feelings. Beautiful!
Awwww gosh! Thank you so much, Lillian 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
“A swan needs no rescuing”-perfect!
❤️❤️❤️
You have captured the very essence of the black swan, Sanaa 😍 Your poetry leaves me spellbound.
Thank you so much, Aboli 😀 so glad the poem and its imagery appealed to you 💄❤️
Beautiful❣️
Thank you so much, my dearest Linda 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️