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The Night You Left Me
by Rafika AndersonWhere did you go?
I felt your warmth so near
Palpably seeping from your body with each heart beat into mine
only beams of the poet's moon teased their way between us
a mysterious gravitational force
pulling me even closer to you
making me crave you like some syrupy desire
I laid awake in the dark
wondering where you were
recalling the smooth intricacies of your voice
your crooked smile
your tender fingers intertwined with mine
staring into your absent gaze
still sensing your suffocating presence hovering in the light spring air
until the appearance of the Marrakech sun 01/21/2006 Author's Note: From the Casablanca Collection.
Posted on 01/20/2006
Copyright © 2010 Rafika Anderson
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Terry Olynik on 01/20/06 at 06:48 PM Sad and sultry. A pleasing exotic mixture. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 01/21/06 at 02:27 AM A faraway solitude, a comforting memory. There is so much here, Rafika. No a wasted word. Lovely poem. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 02/03/06 at 05:47 PM Wow...some powerful mojo going on here. Excellent read, left me truly accelerated in its brutal honesty. |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 12/19/07 at 02:46 PM The powerful words and images in this poem create a strong pull for the reader. The image of a lover still present in the mind, but absent in body is definitely sad, yet using the word "suffocating" in the second stanza gives me the sense that the relationship was not as perfect as the narrator would have wanted it to be. S1 is more about the language of love, or maybe it's passion and desire. S2 brings in doubts about the person with words like, "crooked smile," "absent gaze" - the other person even though present in body was still absent in mind. Excellent!
~Chelle~ |
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