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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2008-06-01 07:39 PM

Yesterday rushes upon me
and a string of memories
– though unwanted –
fill the mind with shadows,
destroying the purity
of today’s inspiration.

I find myself plunging
into depths of incomprehension,
and my thoughts are scattered
as leaves before the wind.

Summer is fading to Autumn;
Autumn will be followed by Winter
and the Summer I failed to grasp
will become another layer of memories;
of unused thoughts decaying
as leaves scattered on the ground.

There is no recalling the magic:
the poet I once was
becomes one with the turbulent sea,
vanishing in the ebbing tide.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

1 posted 2008-06-01 09:50 PM

well...this one about 'sums it all up' for me as well!...

especially:

"Yesterday rushes upon me
and a string of memories
– though unwanted –
fill the mind with shadows,
destroying the purity
of today’s inspiration...

...my thoughts are scattered
as leaves before the wind."

a powerful, introspective 'penning!'...
and yet, it captures the ultimate reality
of the 'every-poet'...

serious applause!!

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2008-06-01 09:55 PM

A beautifully somber, pensive write, WW.
But if this is an example of a poet ebbing,
we should all happily ebb with each tide.

When ebbing truly leaves a poet wordless,
unable to pen thought to paper...that is a terribly sad moment.
(Right now, I am 'silently' hearing the song Ebb Tide)

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2008-06-02 02:36 AM

"There's no recaling the magic:
the poet I once was."
I see plenty of magic in your poems, WW.
I am always happy to see your name on the site and enjoy your writing more than I can say.
Ida

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

4 posted 2008-06-03 08:22 PM

This is so good...every line and every word...a true pleasure to read

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

5 posted 2008-06-03 08:27 PM

WindWalker,

This is well written, and the words have meaning. I like it.

Bobby

graeshine2006
Member

since 2008-06-03

Posts 368
The Prairie Lands, USA

6 posted 2008-06-04 10:26 AM

fill the mind with shadows,
destroying the purity
of today’s inspiration.

I hate it when that happens! Seriously, I know it sounds cliche, but sometimes my brain overfloweth from the past to the point of getting in the way of the presence.

Ray Sharpe
Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 112
Tenerife

7 posted 2008-06-04 10:30 AM

I can only add my agreement to everyones comments ....I loved this one ...the irony of being so poetic about not being a poet is fantastic.

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