Love Poem: Penultimate Prefix of Passion
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Written by: Ink Empress

Penultimate Prefix of Passion

As the final glimpse 
of the sun leads into 
an everlasting spectacle 
of twinkling dreams, 
peeking through 
    turmeric traces 
of an amber aftermath, 
I listen to the 
nesting nightingales
    croon nostalgic lullabies, 
and search for a 
celestial ray 
that would illustrate,
the beginning  
of
   butterflies 
    within 
my glass heart.

When twilight is 
just a 
   mere mirage 
in the distance of 
my destitute mind,
and tune 
  of your
    laughter 
    reverberates 
  in rhapsodic refrain;
a raspy rhythm 
        ringing 
 through
  rustic breeze,
whilst the 
   whistling 
       wind waves 
    to the
dandelions 
      dancing
   to your 
delicate drumbeats, 
scintillating stars 
fall upon 
    our silhouettes, 
scattering pieces of 
who I once 
used to be-
within pulsating 
flesh and bones,
   before I felt the 
warmth of your 
     cosmic whispers. 

Now initials of 
your amethyst
song is the 
    penultimate prefix 
to my path 
        of   
           healing,
where  
  sentimental sighs 
between us,
unveil 
   wordless 
smiles electrifying
a classical crescendo;
awaiting beneath 
      instrumental wings.

I count the  
    flickering jewels,
splattered across 
nocturnal  
    night-skies,
questioning if this 
is  
another 
      start
of a 
   weary winter? 
or is this just 
a seasonal distraction,
intoxicating my 
   procrastinating pen, 
or is your voice a 
heaven-sent elixir,
to soothe the satanic
seas evaporating 
black salt-
drizzling toxic rain,
upon my  
     porcelain choir,
synchronizing  
      a symphony
of soulmates destined 
to 
   reunite and rewrite
a 
  roseate rendezvous. 

Maybe,  
  fate reignited
to align 
  the emerald
glow between
you and I,
Maybe, I’ve long 
been a wanderer,
on a quest to reach
the rainbow  
             swirls 
above your  
     musky garden,
where background  
          music is 
the poetry woven 
from your  
      cryptic ink.

You’ll always remain
the   
   last maestro
in my carnival  
        of chaos,
amidst the loudness 
of screeching demons
chattering within every
darkest sheet of 
dreary December.