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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2011-02-17 02:06 PM

It's an evil wind that blows today
through nooks and crannies, hair,
and the mind is set to fluttering
here, there, and everywhere.

One moment settled in the now,
one moment looking back,
and the next searching o'er the land
for twigs to make a future nest.

But twigs are brittle, prone to break,
and move with wind like scuttling bugs
to rest upon a foreign shore
where again the wind will blow.

Twigs and me; we seem to be
flying creatures without wings
who flutter, flutter, aimlessly,
between past, present, future.

It's an evil wind that blows today
until, until - there’s no "until"
because, because, it's just because
minds flutter everywhere!

Helen / 17 February 2011

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2011-02-17 08:06 PM

Helen...Let the wind take you where it will, I say, it is better than standing still.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2011-02-17 10:27 PM

butterflies flutter and we find it lovley...and you dear lady are a lovely colorful fluttering writer. I enjoy your style very much.
Lori

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2011-02-18 02:07 AM

Thanks, Martie. I guess in spite of me the wind will have it's way.

Thank you, Lori. Another guess is that I'm stuck with my style but in this case an "until" could apply perhaps/maybe in another time.

Helen

katahdin
Senior Member

since 2010-07-01

Posts 1196
ME. In the Shadow of the Mt.

4 posted 2011-02-18 02:23 AM

Just go with the flow. Enjoyed!
Kat >^..^<

To live is to love
To love is to live

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2011-02-18 05:10 AM

Hang in there, Helen and maybe the wind will become a gentle breeze. Lovely poem.
Ida

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

6 posted 2011-02-18 10:30 AM

a very delightful write...enjoyed

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

7 posted 2011-02-18 12:11 PM

Thanks Kat, Ida and Steaven. A gentle breeze? Yes, it would be welcome. Enough flow in that to satisfy.

Helen

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

8 posted 2011-02-18 12:36 PM

Let me put my two sprigs together and give you a grand ovation... this was really nice Helen. As far as flying goes, I think I'd rather be a twig then a bird... I kind of like the mystery of where I randomly end up. We can make any direction the right one when we have to.

Richard

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

9 posted 2011-02-18 12:51 PM

Hi Richard - Yes, I think I like the mystery as well which perhaps accounts for a lot of the mistakes that I've made in my life. Thanks for reading.

Helen

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