My chaste spirit
once as light
as a taraxacum
loosed by
summer’s breath
ethereal—free
soaring on
chimerical winds
Not having yet
encountered
noxious
fumes lingering far
on the horizon
Evil biding its time
with no rhyme
or reason
A hatred
existing solely
to consume—to poison
to corrupt
the unblemished soul
I shuddered
as the trap
closed around me…
All-encompassing
fear surged
within me
innumerous
tentacles
old and vicious
as the ages
clutching my psyche
permeating
sapping my strength
at once
my eyes
snapped open
and I understood
the enigmatic
darkness
something primal
instinct—no doubt—told me
Unless I confronted this
naked eye swiftly
I’d be absorbed
dissolved
in the folds
of the entity
I fixed my gaze
and offered up
my treasured
innocence
to the beast
shear radiance
purity—blinding
as a quasar
I had thought
myself weak
braced myself
for annihilation
utter defeat
yet the beast
recoiled–exhaling
clouds of fear
In the seething chaos
I broke free
escaped into the light
the breech between
love and pain
Still—I bare the scar
as a beacon to show
where innocence
once was
I had the immense pleasure of collaborating with the very talented Matt on this – if you don’t know of him yet, I urge you to go and check him out – he’s a brilliant writer with a sharp mind. This was a Franco-American collaboration so we are doing our bit to improve diplomatic relations between our countries, if nothing else 😉
The Scar: written by Nathalie and Matthew – July 19th 2015
Image credit: “Magic Light” by Cindy Grundsten @fineartamerica.com
Honored to have worked with you on this Nathalie!
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It was pure pleasure on my part and I’m truly honored to have worked with such a fascinating and fine mind such as yours!
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What a dark but powerful poem. Good job, both of you!
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Thank you very, very much! 🙂
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Salut…Aimez votre post…Merci de partager avec nous! Wishing you days of Gentle winds—Soft curves and Wonder… Phil
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Salut…et merci!
And the same to you 🙂
Nathalie
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👏 bravo, what do you get when to beautiful minds come together? Poetry.
I felt this piece very much. Tres bien…a wonderful duet Madamouselle et Monsiure
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Thank you, so much! And I love the French touch 😉 ❤
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This is really beautiful.
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Thank you Natascha! I hope you’re having a beautiful Sunday 🙂
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I am, thank you! Totally relaxing and it feels great! Hope you are too, my friend xxx
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I believe I’m feeling as relaxed as you seem to be 😉 xxx
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Sundays are meant for that, I think!😙😙😙
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Outstanding! My compliments to both of you. Oui! Oui!
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Many thanks my pontificating friend!
Merci beaucoup!
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Absolutely wonderful! Plus what I said on Matt’s post, smiling.
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Thank you very much Karin, I haven’t read your comment on Matt’s post yet but I’m sure it’s going to please me no end – off to check it out right now 🙂
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So very beautiful & the picture so beautiful too!
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Thank you, I’m so glad you enjoyed it! The art work is gorgeous, I agree 🙂
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This is fantastic, what a great work you shared with us today 🙂
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Thank you very much, I’m so pleased you liked it – it was a pleasure to write in tandem with the fantastic writer that Matt is 🙂
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Why did you delete your last blog post?
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I’m sorry? What post are you referring to?
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The rolling stones one. I completely agree with you. I went to forward it on to one of my friends and its gone.
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Oh, let me look, this is weird
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You should be able to see it now, it was marked as private for some strange reason!
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Hi Nathalie, this one is beautiful and feel special to me. I’ve seen Matt’s blog too. You both are cool. I want to do collaboration too someday, it must be exciting! 🙂
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Thank you so much, collaborating with Matt was indeed exciting, challenging and incredibly rewarding – I absolutely loved working with him, he’s such an amazing writer and I guess we fly along similar types of skies…which helped massively with the cohesion of our writing 🙂
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Nathalie and Matt, I enjoyed the result of your collaboration! I love the play between light and dark, good and evil, and the “breech” between love and pain captured in the story telling. The imagery and the flow, beautiful! “The Scar” reads as if it was written by one voice, congratulations! I truly hope there are more collaborations to come from the two of you!
Take good care,
Pepperanne
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Thank you Pepperanne, this comment made my day!
I particularly loved the… “evil twins” I say, “talented twins”! that you left on Matt’s page 😉
Writing with Matt was a fantastic experience, I’m sure there’s more to come 😉
Thank you again and have a great week!
Warm wishes – Nathalie
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C’est les couilles du chien! Very well done guys. 😉
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What a compliment! Haha
Thank you truly 🙂
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Only you would say something like that bfffg! ;-)…and you know how dog’s like to go at those…
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I do have a reputation to maintain… 😉
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un seul mot: excellent… ❤
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Merci beaucoup!
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Excellent poem. Enjoyed it very much and the scars are there for all of us. Wonderful.
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Thank you very much, I’m really glad you enjoyed it 😉
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Great imagery
Beautiful all the layers
As always Sheldon
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Thank you Sheldon, very much, on my behalf and Matt’s – Nathalie
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