The veil of years have obscured emotions felt that linger cold heart’s possessions words describe hiding embers in poetry kept there safe so I’m assured what I’ve lost may be found
a woeful bard declares the rhymes to remember past tenderness weaving these in lyrics blessed thus I’ll hide the memories layered in my many poems across the span of tearful odes
asking muse to evoke joy from the dust my pen inscribes in echoed halls I’ll describe there the flame may still burn with no heat to warm my heart because it’s illusion of the words.
“Illusion of the Words” was inspired by a photo of a store in South Korea that had the signage, “I still hide you in my poetry”. Exploration of this theme led me to a place where I consider poetry to be an attempt to feel the heat of the past, even though the fires are long gone.