My Body Is An Apparition (quote, songs, Erhu)

A_Perfect_Sonnet · 02-09-2007, 07:14 AM

Ben Stivers
2/9/07

My Body Is An Apparition

What have I been, the revision of objects in the air?
My body wreathing upward like a ring in the night sky.
I was dropped apon canvas, setting fire to my oils,
Burning like a lantern yet never taking ash.

And a perception such as mine spills from my weak and weary eyes,
But I am only scanning a sparse landscape for the sun I once knew.
And as jagged peaks made way for the soft light of the day,
I pictured a city block, not the unveiled sky.

For within my lust to become that which is undone,
I left my own hand to wander this board, and what it traced
Was the picture of a solitary face, an apartment,
And a sillouhette in the rain... I have chosen to forget.

02-09-2007, 07:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
A_Perfect_Sonnet Dinosaurus Rex!!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winchester, VA Posts: 885	My Body Is An Apparition Ben Stivers 2/9/07 My Body Is An Apparition What have I been, the revision of objects in the air? My body wreathing upward like a ring in the night sky. I was dropped apon canvas, setting fire to my oils, Burning like a lantern yet never taking ash. And a perception such as mine spills from my weak and weary eyes, But I am only scanning a sparse landscape for the sun I once knew. And as jagged peaks made way for the soft light of the day, I pictured a city block, not the unveiled sky. For within my lust to become that which is undone, I left my own hand to wander this board, and what it traced Was the picture of a solitary face, an apartment, And a sillouhette in the rain... I have chosen to forget.