shards, ii

Close your eyes reading this one; it will help.

never will you ever find me
never will i ever find you
twin nightboats
on the River Dream

still: kohl eyes, seek—

11 responses to “shards, ii”

  1. missparker0106 Avatar

    “close your eyes…” 🤣

  2. Bridgette Avatar

    I suppose it’s hard to dream with eyes open…but not impossible.

    1. michael raven Avatar

      Not impossible. Especially if eyes seek in dream.

  3. chrisnelson61 Avatar

    The closing line speaks volumes; kohl eyes a wonderful phrase to acknowledge melancholy, weariness and longing.

    1. michael raven Avatar

      Very true. I wonder why that is. Thoughts?

      1. chrisnelson61 Avatar

        Kohl – black so sadness, or to indicate bags from lack of sleep, but, more subtly, perhaps, the use of kohl to widen the appearance of eyes (tired = cartoon eyes, matchsticks) but also aa if to try and widen the search; to miss nothing. An image, perhaps, of someone on the outside gazing in. Lots of thoughts!

        1. michael raven Avatar

          I’m going to have to see if someone has researched something along these lines. If I were in college and majoring in psychology, I might have to propose this as a study project.

          Might even be better received than the chemicals produced from a decaying body left out in the sun in Minnesota. That one was nixed even though it stored my forensics focus.

          I never understood why.

  4. Bob Avatar

    Beautiful!