The Monologue Of Saul Poem by John Duffy

The Monologue of Saul



(A lone voice whispers)



Do people
Maybe even you

Who have ever been broken in two
By love

Sometimes sit wondering
What was I thinking of

Was I seduced by a dark dream from those hidden in the byways and half ways

In-between

By Pagan old kings
Jealous queens and their armies

Whispers of spells from their invisible lips
To see false things which might seem true

Only to drain
My love away
With every sweet touch and kiss

By gesturing old fingertips
From daybreak and into the awaiting night

For is to love
Just a sweet game of chance

To let the heart dance
The passionate Milonguero

To risk all
Even the fall

To sit one day
In silence
Wondering

Oh, why did I risk being cracked in two by love
Only to sit pondering

Like so many other broken in two souls
What was I thinking of

Was I seduced by a dark and dangerous dream
Linked to love

From those hidden in the byways and half ways

In-between
From below
Or above

By Pagan old kings
Jealous queens and their armies

Whispers
Creating spells from their invisible hungry lips

To drain away my love
With beckoning gestures
By old fingertips

As my heart silently yelled
Ringing an unheard
Red alarm bell

With every sweet touch and kiss
Inviting me

Like Dante Alighieri
Into an old hell

From daybreak and into the awaiting night

Mesmerized
Under pagan old kings and jealous queens
Spells

But deep down
I now know
As I go

To love
To live and love in any given moment

To taste any form of love
Might be a mystical game of chance

A chance to let the heart dance
The passionate Milonguero

To risk all even the fall
To sit one day wondering

For I now know
With experience

All beautiful things in sweet exchanges once lost

When each moment is remembered

Those sweet tranquil ones
That one still treasures
The most

To risk all and even if only the heart briefly dances

The passionate Milonguero
In the arms of love

Is always worth the cost
Even if you end up feeling

Used up
Lonely and list

(C)
Copyright John Duffy



Milonguero:

One example of the 5 different styles of dancing the Tango.