~Of Lips, Mother & Wine~

By WordWulf, 6th Feb 2011 | Follow this author | RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/qop37qu1/
Posted in Wikinut>Writing>Poetry

~Sometimes words carry music within themselves~then there are times music speaks beyond words~occasionally there’s an instance when both occur simultaneously~strings quiver~voices vibrate~we are transported into the world of song~

~Of Lips, Mother & Wine~

I will build you a house
and a garden of bones
where children go laughing
and men live alone
I’ll tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine
then tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine

from the mouths of mime puppets
a tumble of words
tied to the feet
of whistling birds
I’ll tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine
then tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine

a tangle of whimsy
to lay on your breast
whose eyes taste the winter
and none of the rest
I’ll tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine
then tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine

when ere we go crawling
on feathering knee
through long shadow canyon,
a cloud scattered sea
I’ll tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine
then tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine

See make a pillow
a death reminisce
of lovers gone falling
to steal a sweet kiss
I’ll tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine
then tell you a story
of lips, mother, and wine

I will build you a house
and a garden of bones
where children go laughing
and men live alone

~Listen to the song here~

Carry On
For Madmen Only
Haunting Me
~KEO/Legend of New Horse~
Makin' Music in the House O' Blood
~No Guts/No Glory~
~Sometimes I Feel~
~A Vanishing Face~
~Whiskey Man~

Meet the author

WordWulf
Tom Sterner lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His interne...(more)