Reversal

[GoddessWolf]

I wrote this poem a couple of years back when I was in a Renaissance mood, and since I'm waiting on a day to day basis to hear back about a job from the Festival, I thought I'd share this one. :)



"Reversal"


Dance with me my midnight ghost,
To the ballads of the past.
When honesty still ruled our hearts,
And our love was meant to last.
Lightning danced across the skies,
Shed light on our natural smiles.
Memories were but our lives,
We lived alone with our wiles.

Dance with me my midnight ghost,
To the ballads of the past.
When we cuddled by a fire,
And our clothing always clashed.
Bread baked while the wind blew,
It’s fragrance to your senses.
Laughing was all you ever knew,
Along with building benches.

Dance with me my midnight ghost,
To a tune I used to sing.
Before the wars claimed out hearts,
And we only dreamed of spring.
Meadows danced with butterflies,
Flowers bloomed at night.
Blood trickled from your wounds,
Battlefields a ghastly sight.

Dance with me my midnight ghost,
To a tune I used to sing.
When shots rang out echoing,
Hitting everyone and everything.
Children cried as mothers wept,
Tears became our rivers.
Fathers long buried dead,
The world shuddering, it shivered.

Dance with me my midnight ghost,
While we still have the time.
Before my soul passes on,
And we run out of rhyme.
While the sun shines and the moon shimmers,
Peace is ours once more.
To be the ones we used know,
Not look back to closed doors.

Dance with me my forever love,
My specter in the dark.
Always watching over me,
While time runs and sparks.
Hold me in a tight embrace,
While my love is still in its prime.
Before I have to say goodbye,
And my spirit passes from this time.

Dance with me my midnight love,
While I hold my breathe and cry.
Watching as our children grow,
But I am forced to die.
Remember what we once had,
So I’ll be the one watching you.
Forever a memory, your midnight ghost,
Dancing forever to a powerful ballad a tune we both once knew.

[Destiny]

I saw a few minor mistakes in spelling, but this poem is great! I love the story it told. Very sweet, but kind of haunting in places. :)

[GoddessWolf]

Thank you Destiny. I wouldn't doubt that there is a couple of spelling errors even after using a spell check system. This one was written in 2004 when a friend and I were both trying to write as many things as possible to show one another when he was in town next (one of my neighbors grand kids), and like I said I was in a Renaissance mood.

The reason I called it reversal is because I wanted everyone to think that it was the husband who was about to pass away and then at the end, it turns out to be the mother. A twist and a switch, or reversal. :)

[UNODRAGONE]

after I read the poem the title was perfect cause I was not expecting it to be the mother!! All honesty my mood was happy and care free reading the beginning and as soon as the 'Before the wars claimed out hearts' and then my heart did a downward spiral :( not in a bad way but because the emotion in the poem took it's grip on me. (cracks knuckles) I LOVE this poem is an understatement and I have to do it justice by showing why.


Dance with me my midnight ghost,
To the ballads of the past.
When honesty still ruled our hearts,
And our love was meant to last.
I loved this line because it was a refreshing way of showing a young love

Before the wars claimed out hearts,
And we only dreamed of spring.
Meadows danced with butterflies,
Flowers bloomed at night.
Blood trickled from your wounds,
Battlefields a ghastly sight.


you had me doing a double take here lol I read the war part and then the dreamed part and thought 'whew happy moment' then you tricked me and stuck 'blood trickled from your wounds' and I put my hand on my little mouth!


When shots rang out echoing,
Hitting everyone and everything.
Children cried as mothers wept,
Tears became our rivers.
Fathers long buried dead,
The world shuddering, it shivered.


muiltiple things I love here. I love the shots ringing out and hitting everything, in battle that is what it honestly feels like. 'Tears became our rivers' was a beautiful touch :rockon: it spoke volumes. 'world shuddering, it shivered' caught my eye because I actually did shiver when I read that part thinking about it!


While we still have the time.
Before my soul passes on,
And we run out of rhyme.
While the sun shines and the moon shimmers,
Peace is ours once more.
I actually almost choked up at the 'before my soul passes on' part because it is such a sweet way to tell someone you are leaving but in a positive sense, like you are not afraid. 'while the sun shines and the moon shimmers, peace is ours once more.' this made me remember the good moments first stated, that being the main memory instead of the war.

My specter in the dark.
Always watching over me,
While time runs and sparks.
Hold me in a tight embrace,
While my love is still in its prime.
Before I have to say goodbye,
And my spirit passes from this time.

I want to hurt you for this part because it is the part that tricked me into thinking it was the father lol


While I hold my breathe and cry.
Watching as our children grow,
But I am forced to die.
Remember what we once had,
So I’ll be the one watching you.
Forever a memory, your midnight ghost,
Dancing forever to a powerful ballad a tune we both once knew.
I did one of these :eek: when I read that part lol. I honestly wanted to cry when I read 'while I hold my breathe and cry. Watching as out children grow, but I am forced to die' that broke my heart and I have no mother genes in me. 'So I’ll be the one watching you.
Forever a memory, your midnight ghost,
Dancing forever to a powerful ballad a tune we both once knew.' I loved that part, because she is content in watching over him, as his beautiful memory and I believe she is dancing because she remembers those beautiful memories. This is so epic sis, amazing :)