Vagabond Multilingual Journal Spring 2005 | Page 31
Special Feature: A poem by John Fizer
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You came to me your moonbeam skin Was glowing from a ?re within The lonely castle that shields you From your lovers Although I can’t remember when I know I knew you before then As though you’d always been Beneath my covers It’s you but I have dreamed Of many others Your smile enticed me to recite a poem I once tried to write For someone else but now I ?nd It ?ts you Dishonesty makes me feel guilty And though I felt you slowly melt The hand that held the hopes I quietly withdrew You told me that you wanted me There with you Then contemplating softly on The dreams and schemes so lofty That had led me innocently Chasing shadows I realized a lifetime of Repressed love was a part of The reason I was drowning In your shallows I was like some man framed Upon your gallows You called my name and somehow I was swallowed Forgive me for the gift I bring Is wrapped up in my suffering I’ve been alone I don’t care To remember I now assert that I won’t hurt You with a past beyond the worth Of all and anything I could surrender If I can I’ll take your hand As your defender And let you in to be That close and tender I wish I could explain to you The trips that I have traveled through Obliquely and obtusely Stumbling blindly Towards some golden door as yet Unopened still before me With a broken key left hang [??? ?[Z[?YH] ?[?]?\??[?Y?H ?XZ?[??[? H??[?^HZ[?H ?^H?[? \[?;? [?YH[?H?[YH ?YH [?\?[???X[H ??[??\????[?????HH;? \?H ?][?H?[ H?\?H ] ?Y[ ? [?H???H [?\??\??[ ?Y?H?[??&] ?[Y[X?\? ?[?H???H?]? [?H?Y??H [?Y?? H[? ??YH ?X[HH?[??&] ?X??\?]8?&\? [?H^H?H[????H ?[????\?]8?&\? [?H ??H]?H Y]????\???\????????^?\?Z?H NM?B??Q?P????HY?H ?H B??