Impossible angel

[amejadcc]

Impossible angel

Beer and cigarettes
and you, your languid locks, - the posture and style of being tipsy or drunk
are always in my world of drunken walks - the posture and style of being tipsy or drunk
through Barbican and Bishopsgate, - just outside of the castle walls alludes the nature of drunk men in the olden days
in the moonbeam shallows - somewhere dark or moonlight is minimal
of walls spattered with poetry. - graffiti? dirty walls?

Thursday nights your longing is a sea - Thursday night is a modern allusion of a culture who drinks on Thursdays
crossing through hours of drunkenness.
Mindful glances in the mermaid shadows - women who acquire drunk men
turn not to me.

Impossible angel
that runs not to me.

But runs to the deep sea's emptiness - I don't quite understand why you need to place the word "emptiness" I think the sea is definitely full.
in the white frothed wave that follows
the moon's pale lamp of loneliness - stands alone (I like this imagery)
that burns not for me.

It is both intriguing and evocative how you don't allude the time period of this piece unless you look at "cigarettes" and "Thursdays" alone. I think the loneliness of the "angel" due to his looks and drunken actions should not overshadow the vastness of the sea and how full of life it is. You can however, share the observer's longing to paint her/his descriptive portrait as well. Amongst the busy bars and drunken walks through the nights, some objects in the poetry could have been hers/his.

On another thought - "emptiness" "frothed" and "burns" or the last verse could mean the "angel" is just sitting at the bar drinking till it burns. I will wait for the observer to shed light on herself or himself, whichever.

Thanks for writing this!