A Woman Poem by elysabeth faslund

A Woman

Rating: 4.9


I guard your eyes at the dawning...
Veiling you from intrusion.
I guard your face in sleep.
I sing demons of dreams back
Into their Abysses.

I know your dreams long before
You.
If mine tarry...bring me a kitten.
Or baby owl I can name
Archimedes
As Merlin did...
A life-long confidant.

I bring air melodies, responding
Sighs from Eldritch Forests...
That receive no footsteps.
I whisper fire to life, fashion tea,
Gather olden sustenance.

One dawn, when sadness disappears
From your face...
When all is right in your morning...
When you laugh at the world again...
I will tell you my real name.

For now...
I am called Woman.
Only gods can create more
Than me.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Marci Made 18 June 2007

Beautiful, excellent thought process in this poem....The last verse resonates loud and strong and clear...I AM WOMAN! , , , , , marci.xo

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Gregory Collins 25 June 2007

if i was put in a boat and people marveled from the street id scream so they would whisper woman are as vast as empires that drip from leaf to leaf you might have a fan with half a smile and that is my fault.. thanks

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Ted Sheridan 27 June 2007

If I wasn't happy and married...two words which confound me most of the time...I'd be over for a nightcap.

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Oh, good girl! t x

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Alison Cassidy 28 June 2007

Your poem reminds the reader of a mystical time from long ago when the feminine spirit was all powerful, and all compassionate. A time before testosterone took control, and egos thrived and fought and died. Your poem sings like an ancient acapella and its message is one of wisdom and warmth. love it. Allie xxxxxxxxxxxx

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K. V. Venkataramana 05 April 2008

'Only gods can create more Than me. ' - Aptly said Elysabeth; a nice poem.

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Ben Gieske 05 December 2007

If you are not a god, you must come close to being one. I like this part: 'I whisper fire to life, fashion tea, Gather olden sustenance.' Women can do so much. If the world would only let them.

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Gregory Gunn 15 July 2007

The very first poem of yours that I've had the honour to peruse, and what a piece of virtu it is! An indicant of myriad forthcoming pleasurable reads, I truly hope. You are definitely talking my language with this superb offering, Elysabeth. Magical quilling, milady. Respectfully, Greg

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Emma Johnson 15 July 2007

A very beautiful piece. I love the namelessness of the source of sustenance. Susie xx.

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Ben Gieske 12 July 2007

A pleasure to read. It flows and gradually builds the suspense until that powerful and final statement. I believe that our salvation will only come through the power of the woman. What to do with man - so blind.

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elysabeth faslund

elysabeth faslund

Thibodaux. Louisiana
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