Poem: The Song of Song.

[elisi]

THE SONG OF SONG

I.
On a lost world of silent shadows
The tides of history touched the Forest of the Dead
When the Lord of Time met an Impossible Astronaut

(for the first time)
(for the last time)

She was River Song
And he read the weight and shape of their story
In her eyes, her touch, her secrets

                                                her sacrifice

He can never save her, but
He can catch her when she falls



II.
Once upon a time there was a girl,
a miracle (a weapon) woven and given shape
by the dreams of the last TARDIS
and the malice of Silence

She was ancient myth made flesh,
the herald of truth and transformation
when the demons ran
and the Doctor fell
- the day everything changed



III.
A bride, she stood unyielding before her groom
untold lives hanging in the balance

(and found wanting
against the life of the one)

as her love stopped time

But the King conceded and the mountains moved,
and all the worlds were reborn from the touch of her lips

(you may kiss the bride)

Comments

[gamiila.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[elisi]

Thank you! <3 (It's my first ever poem. It's a fascinating craft.)

[gamiila.livejournal.com]

Your first ever?! But it's so polished, so deliciously crafted -- you must be a natural.

[elisi]

It was... a lot of hard work. But I had promethia_tenk to offer advice and guidance (she deserves ALL THE GRATITUDE!). Also I've been reading T.S.Eliot recently. Clearly something's rubbed off, in some small way. :)

OK, so in reality I'm over here, blushing and mumbling and *beaming*! Thank you!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

ooh, I like that! I'm such a River fan, it's not even funny!

[elisi]

ooh, I like that!
Thank you! :)

I'm such a River fan, it's not even funny!
You're telling *me*? River is the thing my whole fannish existence revolves around...

[promethia_tenk]

Hey, you posted! It exists in the world \o/ And it's beautiful.



Congratulations--you're a poet now ; ) How does it feel? I hereby bestow upon you the traditional beret and aura of insufferable abstractedness *bestows*

(Sorry I couldn't get back to you again, but looks like you really didn't need me : )

[elisi]

Thank you for everything!

How does it feel?
Weird. (See conversation elsewhere.) I done a poem!

I hereby bestow upon you the traditional beret and aura of insufferable abstractedness *bestows*
Heee! (I'm sure it'll fit very well as an extension of my current meta-headed-ness.)

(Sorry I couldn't get back to you again, but looks like you really didn't need me : )
Well, I realised that I didn't want to change anything. So I posted it! :)

[the-silverdoe.livejournal.com]

Lovely piece! :)

[elisi]

Thank you. <3

[lonewytch.livejournal.com]

It's really beautiful and i absolutely love it.

My background is poetry first, before i started writing fic, so i did it the opposite way round to you! I was petrified when i posted my first fic!

Kudos <3

[elisi]

It's really beautiful and i absolutely love it.
♥ ♥ ♥

My background is poetry first, before i started writing fic, so i did it the opposite way round to you! I was petrified when i posted my first fic!
Funny thing, isn't it? (I love how compact poetry is - this poem encompasses vast quantities of meta...) And you've reminded me that I am *hopelessly* behind on [your] fic reading. /o\

Kudos <3
Thank you! *hugs*

[honeynoir.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous and lovely and has all the levels and I kind of want to hug it. ♥

[elisi]

♥ ♥ ♥

(That's exactly what I was aiming for! *squishes you*)

[honeynoir.livejournal.com]

(You nailed it! *squishes everything*)

[elisi]

Squee! (It was such hard work, but oh, it was worth it! <3)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, this is lovely...thank you for re-sharing, sweetie!

*HUGS*

Have a lovely vacay - you've earned it!

[elisi]

Thank you - poetry is... difficult, but very rewarding.

And ooooh, holiday is... bliss. <3

[quean-of-swords.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[elisi]

Thank you. <3