Artemis or You
POETRY FORMAT, 31 Oct 2016
Emanuel E. Garcia, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service
I couldn’t blame the moon,
Though tempted, for mistaking you
In Artemis, or Artemis in you,
Who could tell, she was so swift,
You had fled, I was pulled
Into the deepening shade,
My markers were obscured
By the thickening stationary
Cloud
I followed my veins
On this soundless night,
Through rutted paths, ascents,
Across the pits and mounds,
Grasses sparse, they would
Lead me, not so much a choice
I wanted a word with you,
With her, given, sent,
To pluck your garland,
Take your bow – what use
Had it here against
My poetry?
And who I am, or you,
Or she, or he who has taken
My guise –
Give my voice a chance
As we wait, low, entangled:
There is much in this earth,
Not always bruising,
Never wholly cold
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Dr. Emanuel E. Garcia is an American poet, novelist and physician who now resides in New Zealand. He may be contacted at emanuelegarcia@gmail.com.
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