• Tribute: Lost in Translation, 2003 (Bill and Scarlett)

    From Matt_Henderson108@3:633/10 to All on Thu Apr 16 09:28:43 2026
    TRIBUTE:
    LOST IN TRANSLATION, 2003
    BILL AND SCARLETT


    two souls reflected
    connected
    in a giant foreign window
    restless to
    get back,
    restless to go
    somewhere
    together,
    too far already
    All ready--lonely feeling,
    alone.
    momentary, temporary,
    forever
    jailbreak
    "are you in ?"
    "i'm in" she laughed...
    and fell into the hands
    of a clock stopped night.
    she is the only place
    where time still
    can
    stand still.
    feel the air,
    it will lift you
    (it lifted them beyond everything)
    two balloons tied together
    disappearing
    drifting
    over the kanji billboard
    buildings, vendors, traffic and neon
    limitless, the heart is airy light
    the night
    dark and deep
    wrapped around them...soft and slow
    silence, and talking, laughter, music, and more
    silence
    i love a girl's foot stepping
    sounds on an autumn night sidewalk
    playful timing, serious pace...more laughter
    silence and talking
    laughter...
    softer
    laughter
    softer
    talking
    a soft sudden
    silence
    a sigh
    a softer sigh returned
    the longest, softest silence...
    A kiss. An inaudible whisper.
    We can imagine our favorite scenario.
    We have to.
    --M. 4:30 am on 7.18.16
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  • From MummyChunk@3:633/10 to All on Thu Apr 16 11:18:28 2026
    Matt_Henderson108 wrote:
    TRIBUTE:
    LOST IN TRANSLATION, 2003
    BILL AND SCARLETT


    two souls reflected
    connected
    in a giant foreign window
    restless to
    get back,
    restless to go
    somewhere
    together,
    too far already
    All ready--lonely feeling,
    alone.
    momentary, temporary,
    forever
    jailbreak
    "are you in ?"
    "i'm in" she laughed...
    and fell into the hands
    of a clock stopped night.
    she is the only place
    where time still
    can
    stand still.
    feel the air,
    it will lift you
    (it lifted them beyond everything)
    two balloons tied together
    disappearing
    drifting
    over the kanji billboard
    buildings, vendors, traffic and neon
    limitless, the heart is airy light
    the night
    dark and deep
    wrapped around them...soft and slow
    silence, and talking, laughter, music, and more
    silence
    i love a girl's foot stepping
    sounds on an autumn night sidewalk
    playful timing, serious pace...more laughter
    silence and talking
    laughter...
    softer
    laughter
    softer
    talking
    a soft sudden
    silence
    a sigh
    a softer sigh returned
    the longest, softest silence...
    A kiss. An inaudible whisper.
    We can imagine our favorite scenario.
    We have to.
    --M. 4:30 am on 7.18.16




    Matt - thank you for sharing this wonderful poem. Welcome to Poetry - Poems (rec.arts.poems) group.


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