Two voices singing
Drowning in their song
Butterflies
Flying on broken wings
Looking for home
The waves of the sea
Aching for the shore
The cosmos is a cell
The cell is an abyss
For two bodies
Face to face
Holding on to nevermore.
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Written for DVERSE’s Poetics Prompt: Lost in Translation where Laura asked the habitues to write a response to any of the featured poems and to the Quadrille prompt where De asked folks to use “Voice” in a 44-word poem. . This piece is a reaction to Two Bodies by Octavio Paz:
Two bodies face to face
are at times two waves
and night is an ocean.
Two bodies face to face
are at times two stones
and night a desert.
Two bodies face to face
are at times two roots
laced into night.
Two bodies face to face
are at times two knives
and night strikes sparks.
Two bodies face to face
are two stars falling
in an empty sky.
Very nicely done! love this line….
For two bodies
Face to face
Holding on to nevermore.
Wonderful interpretation of tge Paz poem Imelda!
I love how the way you ended up with the face to face in this love story.
A beautiful response, indeed. Love those “waves of the sea
Aching for the shore” especially!
Some
Day Some
Nights Then
Some Months
Some Years
Now Two Bodies
Only Words Symbols Pictures
Letter to Letter Place to Place Humanity
Stars
Touch
HeART
SPiRiT
SoUL PLaNets
Dance Sing ALiVE NoW..:)
I like the nevermore ending and see the two bodies in one butterfly on broken wings – thank you for participating with the prompt
Love the concluding lines too –
For two bodies
Face to face
Holding on to nevermore.