[A Love Affair
The nights were long, it seemed an era
(All before the dawn in Beijing),
Came youthful smiles, in my magic age
And we who listened to each heartbeat
A sweet compulsion of that sound
The burst, a mighty morning on Beijing;
Then yellow flowers seem to fall (sing):
She was an empire with pains and peaks
I an ocean, and sky above
The dark was deep, a drowsy soul
Somewhere between reality and sleep,
Tides of Time and matter seeped
Pure being, freed from memory
Of voices I have never heard,
And dreams and echoes
Nor did I find the light of the star
Before the dawn in Beijing,
Which haunts the hollow past in me!
#1371 6/17/06
In Writing the story of An Affair in Beijing, original Title Stockbridge Romance, I had added an old poem I had done in 1997, when I was actually living this affair; and it seemed only proper to write a new poem for this future book. And so I came up with this poem, and in doing so, I will perhaps change the name of the story to the name of the poem. Normally I change the name to my loner stories, or short novels several times to fit the story. The title in important; but when you are writing the story and at the same time, giving the story to others to read, it often changes. In the case of a most recent story Ive put on the internet, A Romance in Augsburg, the title did not and will not change, simply because it fits the story, and was written five years ago. Now you folks are getting it in a revision of sorts, a reediting of it. One time the book was in the process of being set up, and I had to call the publishers at the last minute to change the title, and they did.
See Dennis' web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com
Author:: Dennis Siluk
Keywords:: Poetry
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