I prefer the heavy drape of velvet;
turning, transforming into new shades
and permeating
from where it was once touched—a conclusion of sorts.
We speak in tongues
as the moon slowly disintegrates into cloud,
you breathe me in
and I fill your lungs; perhaps this is the real secret of alchemy?
What is hidden and what is no longer concealed
remains a mystery—
I allow familiarity to fall in folds,
like a landscape
painted peaceful and still; why then the need of ribaldry?
I am dampened by the passing rain, witness
to a world that’s doubly edged.
With my whole body, I taste adherence,
no almond milk in comparison tastes sweeter— there is a reason
my poetry is written down,
words these words are what lips to you cannot possibly utter;
let them remain behind the drapes,
I observe many things.
Photo credits: N.J Covington, Drapery in Clay
A Skylover Wordlist: Almond, alchemy, landscape 💝
Posted for Writers’ Pantry @ Poets and Storytellers United
40 Responses
I love the image of familiarity falling in folds….
Thank you so much, Rajani 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
A fascinating scenario. I love most of all, ‘we speak in tongues’, ‘perhaps this is the real secret of alchemy?’ ‘With my whole body, I taste adherence,’ and the final line.
Thank you so much, Rosemary 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Often Sanaa there is a tendency to sadness in your poetry. The words are beautiful but the grieving is there. One particulat line stood out for me and that was ” I am dampened by the passing rain, witness to a world that is doubly edged”. A stunning write indeed.
Thank you so much, Robin 🙂 so good to see you 💄❤️
I love the image of the velvet drape ‘turning, transforming into new shades’, that’s what I like about that fabric, and the idea that it’s ‘a conclusion of sorts’. I especially love the soft alliterative sound, almost a swish, of ‘I allow familiarity to fall in folds’, a beautiful metaphor.
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
So much exists behind the drapes – a great metaphor. Loved this.
Thank you so much, Anthony 🙂 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Wonderful work indeed, Sanaa; especially this:
What is hidden and what is no longer concealed
remains a mystery—
Sometimes all we can see is what isn’t really there and, sadly, vice-versa…
Well done
Interesting 🙂 I like your perspective on this, Ron. Thanks for stopping by 💄❤️
I have often been grateful for the agility of my pen when my mouth was too clumsy to do the job right.
Thank you so much, Rommy 🙂 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Lovely and enfolding–the sense of the poet as an entire place and time.
Thank you so much, Chrissa 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
there is a sense of mystery in the imagery of the poem.
it seems there is sadness in the narrator, but there is no reason to.
Thank you so much, Lee San 🙂 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Sometimes, inked feels are the only way to speak clearly. Sigh.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Magaly 💄❤️
“I am dampened by the passing rain, witness
to a world that’s doubly edged.”
Another glimpse of sadness throughout this poem and it would be our hope that you hide all your words behind the drapes.
Thank you so much, Joel 🙂 so good to see you 💄❤️
Oops, I meant to write I hope you don’t you hide all your words behind the drapes. (Sorry)
And another typo. I need a better editor. Keep your words flowing, Sanaa. They are beautiful and refreshing.
This is gorgeous, Sanaa. I love the tension between what is and what is unseen – or perhaps I should say the unseeing. Just beautiful.
Thank you so much, H. Hennenburg 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
I especially love and relate to this line: I allow familiarity to fall in folds, like a landscape. I think you are a night shift stenographer for the moon.
High praise 😀 Thank you so much, Colleen 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Velvet is a lush, lovely fabric ~ as is your poem.
❤️❤️❤️❤️
I’m sure that this is the secret of alchemy, indeed, A breathless write, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Vivian 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
We keep so much behind the velvet folds … that secret inner self, vulnerable and needy.
Thank you so much, Beverly 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
So softly sensual but without any artifice–I love this!
Thank you so much, Audrey 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
The image of speaking in tongues is so very intimate, nicely done
Thanks for droppping by my dumie Sunday today Sanaa
Much💚love
this is a powerful statement:
let them remain behind the drapes…
your poem just oozes eloquence it’s brilliant.
Oh, I find it easier to write it down than to speak it these days. You have so beautifully expressed what I’ve been feeling.
Oh, this is beautiful!