Outside the day is grey
And the lights burn yellow
Through the foggy haze,
Juliet sits by her window screen
Dreaming of flowers and hours
Floating downstream
And the life fades away
And the light turns to grey
And all of the sounds of the city hush
For Juliet's remembering her
Lost lovers' touch.
There is a particular shade of blue
That always makes me think of you
It's the color of summer
The color of cold
The color of the sea
As the nighttime folds
And the life fades away
And the day turns to grey
And all of the sounds that
Spoke of love
Rush up to the surface
And boil off hot in the blood.
Juliet wonders if she can hold on
Just like she's been
Doing for so very long.
She presses her nose to
The window pane
Lets the marine layer
Soothe away the shame
Of a life she let fade away
And another wasted day
And all of the sweetness
She holds in her heart
Turns to stone
And drags her
Into the dark.
It is not unusual to
Become a living tomb
Within the boundaries
Of a third floor room
A mausoleum for memories
So pure and blue they shake
The leaves off the trees
And make the world fade away
And the sadness melt into grey
She drinks a toast to the ghost
Of her heart and to a love that
Remains, though they were
Forced to part.
Thank you Dawn. I’m glad you enjoyed it. It started out life as a folk song. I wrote the music for it, but decided people probably would enjoy it more read than sung…
A moving and well-written poem. Beautiful reading. 💞
Thank you, Michelle 💐
I enjoyed this very much! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Dawn. I’m glad you enjoyed it. It started out life as a folk song. I wrote the music for it, but decided people probably would enjoy it more read than sung…