 5 Poems by Paul Ilechko Beaufort Measures Lost Love
Day zero Beaufort sees himself within the mirror his face as tight as skin his eyes as blue as death as blue as smoke that spirals tight towards oblivion he grieves within his lonely silence Day one he arches his spine amidst the drifting smoke failing once again to control the ripples of anguish that penetrate his immobility Day two his glassy stare absolves the trees of all their mystery as a metal arc is quietly traced across the circus of the sky Day three a branching motion corrupts the shape of flags he speaks in sign language to the potential of a beloved waiting for the appearance of a silver stallion Day four the horse-drawn present scrapes its flanks in greasy rivulets as time dissolves into a tincture of dust and oil Day five a fluttering in his chest as swaying dancers grip the waist of future days and escalate the pace of change but wasted chances pronounce the death of fate Day six wires are crossed with string machines of melody that fight to be included in the symphony of motion that fight the chance of weather as clouds release their dreams Day seven trees are marching down the avenues into the teeth of dentistry horses have abandoned even the smallest motion ceding the width of plain to an inconvenient memory of the loved one Day eight structure abandons form as Beaufort sees revealed a distant shape that resolves itself into the “once upon a promise” of his cherished fantasy Day nine a drumroll pounding of iron cavity as yet again he rolls between the spraying tides of anger fighting to overcome the inflammation that threatens his redemption Day ten a patchwork quilt of unforgiving absorbs the shockwaves as Beaufort realizes that his journey has reached an end beneath the overhanging coils a hollow forms and there he huddles lost and empty inside the wave. (Derived in part from the Beaufort wind force scale)
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