Improvisation 10 28 2012 xx 09 17 2014 <br />Original 08 21 2012 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ASTONISHED: <br /> <br /> <br />Astonished- by gifts of love <br />Paralyzed- empty quiet rest <br />Expectant- edging <br />For a handful <br />Drowning in all the moments <br />Time runs beginning with <br />Moment to moment ending with <br />Stopwatch mental precision <br />Frozen in absolute conscience <br />Cascading- too many <br />Explanations <br />Entangled- in too much money <br />Expended- moral decay <br />Holy Spirit- set backdrops <br />In play- spilt upon acts <br />Portrayed—upstage front <br /> Silences behindhand <br />Backlight tannin flesh tight <br />Around strong skin enclosed <br />Self-conscience <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Lee Mack copyright 2009. ISBN # 0615318347. Do not reproduce without permission. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(Lee B. Mack, Astonished, Page 2) <br /> <br /> <br />Tantalizingly tempting <br />Trancelike- foregoing foreplay <br />Though dressed jazz opera <br />Primping every sinew that tugs <br />On volition- following on <br />Erecting strings of cabling <br />Strung in a highway <br />From spillways run to bridge <br />To surge blood red waters <br />Into driven sweat <br />Love's profuseness driven <br />To ballet <br />Willingly limber for flight <br />Astonished- that love is hard <br />Too hard to hold onto <br />Flees- to the rim <br />Of height above rain <br />And wind <br />Uplifted- to swirls <br />Into moons <br />Naturally appearing globules <br />Cratered- forming novel <br />Familiar literatures <br />In black and white faces <br />Astonished- chosen gifts <br />Of strength <br />Marveled- saved from all <br />Troubles by <br />Fulfillment of time at <br />Your embrace. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Lee Mack copyright 2009. ISBN # 0615318347. Do not reproduce without permission.<br /><br />Lee Mack<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/astonished-xx-xxx-xx-impovisation-09-17-2014-xx-original-08-16-2012/
