“Though lovers be lost, love shall not;
and Death shall have no Dominion.”
Dylan Thomas
Building on Sand
4, 5, & 6 /9
4
There are striations
in my heart, so deep,
a lizard could lie there,
unseen, and wait
for tomorrow’s sun.
A knot of
sorrow in daylight’s throat;
the heart a great stone
cast in placid water,
each ripple
knitted to its mate.
Timeless,
the worm at the apple’s core
waiting for its world to end.
Seculae seculorum:
the centuries
rushing headlong.
5
Matins:
wide-eyed
this owl hooting
in the face of day.
Somewhere,
I remember
a table spread for two.
Breakfast.
An open door.
“Where are you going, dear?”
Something bright has fled the world.
The sun unfurls shadows.
The blood whirls stars
around the body.
“It has gone.” she said. “The magic.
I no longer tremble at your touch.”
6
You can drown now
in this liquid
silence.
Or you can rage against this slow snow
whitening the dark space
where yesterday
you placed your friend.
The silver birch wades
at dawn’s bright edge.
Somewhere,
sunshine will break
a delphinium
into blossom.
rogermoorepoet 
That first stanza stands in the front row of all poetry.
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Oh Jan: that’s so kind of you. Thank you so much.
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Lovely, Roger. I saved this one to re-read many times.
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Thanks, Angie. The last three parts are scheduled for tomorrow and then the rest of the book will appear slowly, poem by poem. So glad you like it.
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Gorgeous words, Roger. It is the kind of piece that one can read over and over and never grow tired of it.
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There are striations in my heart … I can still see those little lagartijas climbing over the walls, basking in the sun, then hiding in the cracks as I approached …
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Beautiful Roger. 😊
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Thank you, Meg. I have experimented with these lines in various forms, but these are the original poems from my book Though Lovers Be Lost (2000). They remain among my favorites. So glad you like them.
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Very much! Have a wonderful weekend!
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Delicate yet sensuous as ever
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Thank you, Al. Though Lovers Be Lost was one of my favorite books. There’s not much I would change in these poems.
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