Raw Earth Ink
spit, mixed with dirt – muddy words flow
Our Symphony
Silence abounds until I truly listen
Just within hearing plays a melody
Each beat in time with glimpses of you
Your eyes reflecting the shimmer of sunset
Lips turned up in the faintest of smiles
The touch of your fingertips
Brushing the back of my hand
My heart aches in its grip of love for you
Agony or ecstasy
Venom or elixir of life
Flooding tears or wild laughter
On the song plays, note upon note
My words echo in my ear
So do yours
Mine a promise, an oath of sorts
Yours were, well, your own
How simple in its complexity
My love for you haunts my steps
You hold yourself separate
Nearly aloof
You’ve become my tangled enigma
Black velvet or glittery satin
I wish I knew what it is to be for us
I want to tease out the treble and bass
Notes skipping between and across lines
Each one a different instrument
Rearrange this score
To let our symphony overcome my senses
Until the last echoing note fades grey
tara caribou | ©2019-22 revised
Read more like this in my poetry book, Fallen Star Rising.
28 Comments on “Our Symphony”
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Raw Earth Ink 
Oh my goodness, Tara Caribou. Your poetry is so haunting, so compelling. So moving.
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Whippoorwills, your compliment warms my heart to the core.
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Awesome imagery! I love the musical references.
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Thank you so very much. I am so pleased you enjoyed it.
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I certainly did!
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This is beautiful, Tara.
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Thank you River. I’m very happy you liked this.
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You’re welcome.
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Tara, you have a greater love of Music than I could ever express.
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Thanks John. I’m glad you liked it.
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You are welcome
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Oh, how masterfully, when we keenly become the instrument itself delivering, everything we belt in every deliberate sound and movement; including our last sigh. ; )
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Perfect! And yes, Poet, I love your comment.
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I thought you might.
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I really do.
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Really nicely done!
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Thanks!
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Reblogged this on johncoyote and commented:
Please read the work of a talented writer.
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I love your work dear Tara. Happy New year and I wish you happiness and a successful new year.
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Thank you so very much for saying so, John. I appreciate that a lot. I hope your year is wonderful as well.
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Lyric beauty!
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Thank you, kind sir! A song in the heart.
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You’re welcome
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Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
Tara Caribou – A music of love
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet and commented:
Come And Enjoy!!!
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Thank you, Chuck 😌
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Tara Caribú. Es sensible en ese ritmo oculto que es la emoción y el sentimiento humano, la interrogación ante si mismo y ante la la otra persona. Ese ajedrez de sensaciones amorosas y relajadas en la meditación ante el encuentro con si mismo y su amor que tiene grietas por ajustar. Bellísimo entre silencio, ritmos de musicalidades y el brillo en metáforas.
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Thank you so much. Yes there is quite a symphony in love and lovers.
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