Man thinking about Woman
some thing is lost in me-
like the way you lose old thoughts
that somehow seemed unlost at the right time.
i’ve not known it or you many days;
we met as friends with an absence of strangeness.
it was the month
that my lines got longer & my metaphors softer.
it was the week that
i felt the city’s narrow breezes rush about me
looking for a place to disappear
as i walked the clearway,
sure footed in used sandals screaming to be replaced
your empty shoes (expect for used stockings)
partially hidden beneath the dresser
looked at me, as i sat thoughtlessly
waiting for your touch.
that day,
as your body rested upon my chest
i saw the shadow of the window blinds
beam across the unpainted ceiling
going somewhere
like the somewhere i was going
when the clearness of yr/teeth,
& the scars on yr/legs stopped me.
your beauty: un-noticed by regular eyes
is like a blackbird resting
on a telephone wire
that moves
quietly with the wind
A south wind
By Don L. Lee
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Michèle Voltaire Marcelin is a poet/writer, performer and painter who was born and raised in Haiti, sojourned in Chile, and currently lives in the United States. The publication of her first novel “La Désenchantée” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2006) was followed by its Spanish translation “La Desencantada” and two other books of poetry and prose: “Lost and Found” and “Amours et Bagatelles” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2009) - translated into Spanish by Editorial ALBA as "Amores y cosas sin importancia" - all of which garnered rave reviews. Her writings are also featured in 3 anthologies published in France: "Cahier Haiti" (published by RAL'M-2009), "Terre de Femmes" (Editions Bruno Doucey-2011) "Revue Intranqu'îllités" (2012). She speaks and writes fluently French, English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. She has a BFA from the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at CUNY and a Masters from The New School for Social Research.
Very beautiful poem which I remembered reading years ago. Thanks for sharing it.