The Lovers’ Chronicle 22 October – someone – art by Kristjan Raud

22 October 2023 By Rhett 0 In Random

Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse. Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

thoughts, passions,

whatever stirs us,

all but ministers,

that feed this flame

it shall be for us,

whether apart, thinkin’

of each other or

woven, skin on skin,

tightly together

when you sleep

tonight, dream

that i am there

holdin’ you

so close

ah, and then

a passage leadin’ where we want,

heavy on the knees and hands,

never any end, hung on all time

to unknowin’ nowhere, this time

and again, beyond all bearin’ up,

into nowhere, suddenly, hotly,

all nowhere gone and time still

and we were both there, and we felt

everything move out and away from us

they both lived
in an old hotel downtown
unbeknownst to each other

they came and went
in anonymity
his carefully calculated
hers by wont
of her circumstances

he was a writer,
or he hoped so
she was stuck
livin’ a life she felt
was chosen for her

his habit, ’round midnight,
was to go down to the big lobby
and write in the quiet solitude

she came down one night
when her husband was away,
bored, lonely, and seekin’
escape from her insomnia

she found her escape,
and he found much more,
when their eyes met across
the big room and he rose

“Are you just going to go?”
i b’lieve so
“Don’t you ever get lonely?”
sometimes
sometimes

as if it really matters…

the moon ascends
the stars burn,
fillin’ the great big
High Plains night
yet every day
you try

as if it does matter,
to git the right words
to capture the light
to actually see

and you try
to remember
it is only a feelin’
and that someone
will read the words
and understand

Kristjan Raud
Kristjan Raud, from Estonica (date unknown)

Today is the birthday of Kristjan Raud (22 October 1865, Kirikuküla, Vinni Parish, Estonia – 19 May 1943, Tallinn, Estonia); painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Estonian National Museum. Folklore elements figure heavily in his subject matter and his style is reminiscent of Primitivism. His twin brother, Paul, also became a well-known painter.