Too Heavy a Freight
Too Heavy a Freight
I tried to put our love
upon a scale,
but not wishing to be weighed,
it swam away, slipping on
slick fins, scales then only armor,
though too flimsy, oh mon amour,
to repel much ill.
Yet, how that brittle mail lightened
each swish-sway,
my sun, moon, hanging
in the balance.
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55 word poem of sorts for Kerry O’ Connor’s week-end prompt on Real Toads, special bonus for poems inspired by the marvelous paintings of the Nigerian painter, sculptor and musician known as Twins Seven Seven, born Prince Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale-Toyeje Oyelale Osuntoki (3 May 1944 – 16 June 2011) in Ogidi, Kogi State, Nigeria. This painting is “Golden Fishes in Dark Sea.”
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ManicDDaily 
September 6, 2016 at 2:51 pm
I love the amour and armor pairing… you have a wonderful pond…
September 6, 2016 at 2:52 pm
Ha. Thanks. k.
September 6, 2016 at 4:09 pm
Beautiful poem & fantastic Klimtian fish.
Would love to see it made in glittering mosaics
September 6, 2016 at 4:10 pm
Me too. It is a beautiful painting and would look fantastic in a mosaic. It looks like a mosaic or batik now, honestly. Thanks. k.
September 6, 2016 at 5:12 pm
This is Marvellous! Love can be elusive.
September 6, 2016 at 6:57 pm
Thanks, Sherry.
September 7, 2016 at 6:52 am
Nice share, Karin.
September 7, 2016 at 12:58 pm
I love this fishy metaphor, delivered with your telling wit and aplomb.