Songs of the Wild Wood

Rain drops like glistening
Tears on a glass skin
Rainbows refracting in the light
Turning to blood
In the setting sun
Never-healing wounds
Heart stopping
Heart twisting
A tattered cloth
Inscribed with a
Blue blue song

In the moonlight
Stardust flickering off and on
In a code
Known only to
       The mad
       The desperate
       The broken
Autumn leaves hiding
Yesterday’s bones
Covering them in a blanket
Made of a forgotten Spring

Notes twinkling in the fog
A sing-song faerie poem
Whispering of mysteries and
Old news about
The King and Queen
How they negligently lost
Their everlasting bond
Down a well of despair
Bottomless and dark as the
Very last night when the stars
Winked out one by one

Tendrils of sunlight
Reaching down through
Dew drenched branches

Floating dust motes
Highlighting the
Darkness within

Rain drops dripping
Shimmering like jewels
On a snake’s discarded skin.

Songs of the Wild Wood

Artist's Description

Poem inspired by the song Wild Wood by Paul Weller and to accompany my image of the same name.

My video
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Artwork Comments

Quinn Blackburn about 7 years ago

beautiful wordcrafting, poignant and lovely
Sybille Sterk about 7 years ago

Thank you so much Quinn. :-)
lisameryl about 7 years ago

Sybille, this reads like a magical and mystical fairytale. I simply adore this piece for all its content, lovely word flow, beauty, style, grace and imagery. Great accompanied song and video. Have a beautiful weekend. Peace and love be with you always, Lisa =) XO
Sybille Sterk about 7 years ago

Thank you so much Lisa. I have to admit it was inspired by Midsummer’s Dream as much as the song… Whenever I think of the woods, it makes me think of Titania and Oberon… xo
timbuckley about 7 years ago

beautiful beautiful
Sybille Sterk about 7 years ago

Thank you so much Tim. :-)
linskudd about 7 years ago

Mmmmm! I’m hooked.
Sybille Sterk about 7 years ago

Thank you so much Lindsay. :-) xoxo
Lisa Jewell about 7 years ago

oh sigh a thousand times over,

I’d love to hear you recite this

I was totally swept away xxxx
Sybille Sterk about 7 years ago

LOL How did you know I was thinking of recording some of my poems? I used to work as a journalist for the radio… xoxo
TheWanderingBoo about 7 years ago

beautiful…
Sybille Sterk about 7 years ago

Thank you so much Boo. :-) xo