I am the spine of a book, pages open on either side.
I am steel rails down a valley that two greening hills divide.
I am the corpus callosum, of two minds in every thought.
Am I sleeping or here wakeful, one eye open, one eye not?
I am the nest with two birds calling, both the same but different still,
I disperse myself in potions, both the doctor and the ill.
I am the worm who grew two wings, one of blue and one of gold,
Meeting in the middle when in flight and when in fold.
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for Sunday Muse #161. This had three stanzas but I liked it better with just the two.
I LOVE this! The spine of the book, the pages, all the things in twos, the internal rhyme. A wonderful poem!
ReplyDeleteAs always, I love it when you rhyme, and here your rhyme is a spellsong made of mysteries and the mundane, duality and monotony and the vivisection of what being alive might mean across a spectrum only half seen. I especially like the opening couplet, and the second stanza, with its vivid images.
ReplyDeleteCompletely lovely and dreamy...there's the magic that spins the smoke in a spiral right through it.
ReplyDeleteIf there is perfection in poetry and I believe there is it is right here in this poem my friend!! All the beautiful things a poem can be is sitting and standing and flying here! The true Gemini poetically captured as only you could do! The rhyme just makes it even more lovely! I love love love this!!!
ReplyDeleteI am ~~~ captivated by this poem.
ReplyDelete"I am the worm who grew two wings, one of blue and one of gold,
ReplyDeleteMeeting in the middle when in flight and when in fold." - Brilliant
Nice! I like that feeling that whatever they/she are/is doing, they/she are/is the hub of it.
ReplyDeletePerfect with two verses, Shay. But I would have enjoyed the third, I know. Or was it the second or the first that you dropped. The rhyme adds a lot.
ReplyDeleteI chose for mine, "one eye open, one eye not" as that takes a lot of practice. Almost as hard as when I learned to roll my eyes in different directions at the same time.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
So lyrically perfect it requires being revisited numerous times!
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