The Blue Light
The Blue Light
(based on a Grimms fairytale where an old wounded soldier is booted out of the kings personal
guard and finds the house of a witch, where he makes away with a blue light. He eventually
becomes king and marries the daughter of the king.)
Sometimes a blue light leads you home
through the darkest owl-screeching woods
to the castle you've dreamed of
to the princess whose arms
hang paler than snow
The blue light is a bit of a star
with which you must be careful
lest it explode in interstellar gas
and take all life
the mouse in the wheat
and the king at his table
to become blue light
drifting in the ocean of space
that also is a dream from your childhood
Lucy Simpson
Seattle
5/12/2008
Comments
"the mouse in the wheat"
I love this line! It sounds like the title of an English folk song.
All of your poems display the purest understanding of the workings of nature.
thanks Aubrey. I love your comments and feel glad that you read my work.
Lucy
that also is a dream from your childhood--my favorite line--I love solitary lines like this that seem to sum up the poem. Did you know that The Blue Light was also a German movie from the turn of the 20th century? I'm sure it's impossible to find, but your poem made me remember it and recalled for me all of the ambience and mystery of that movie... I love your new banner by the way, is it Botticelli?
thanks Tammie
Lucy
Hey Renee.
Is it Blue Angel with Marlene Deitrich? I saw it a long time ago. Yes, I ripped off the Botticellli, Primavera. It is one of my favorite paintings hanging in The National Gallery of Art in DC. I like the winter wind figure to the right, trying to make off with one of the nymphs.
Thanks for commenting on my work.
Lucy