. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Dreams of Deta Falcone

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Dreams of Deta Falcone

(A lone voice whispers.)


My old love 

You were like a rare silver daffodil 


Blooming so beautiful 

On the beaches of life


A husk filled with such unquenchable desire 


Lit by a strange hypnotic yellow fire


A world of visceral emotional words to be explored


If one gained access

To walk 

Upon those sacred shores


From wild 

Primitive passions 


To last throughout 

Four unforgettable nights


To acts of pure divinity

To ignite all those


Privileged to be 

Within sight


With ruby-red lips

To mystify and own


To dark eyes

To drown in

To atone


Hurricanes

Used to

Call your name 


As did


Salt circles

In darkness


By those 

With no name


But to me

You were just my

Deta


The complete queen

Who ran down my taxi

Meter

 

A princess born

On the streets 


But brave enough 

To follow 


Where her heartbeats

Took her


God

I miss you 


Your smile

Jokes


And that perfume you

Loved


That expensive rare one

That smelt like smoke


I had a visit


Late last night 

From someone 

I couldn't see 


He said


You and me 

Would walk on those shores

Once more


That hidden choirs would sing 


Crowds of angels 

Will gather


As golden bells

Ring


But here's the thing

It would take my death

To bring us together 

Again


In five days 

Two hours

And ten minutes


I should prepare


For Deta 

Awaits

To be seen


On those 

Yellow shores

Once again


Smiling

In silence


In

The Great In-Between


And who am I


To keep her

Waiting


(C)

Copyright John Duffy


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