navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #13 » Biking
Open Poetry #13
Post A Reply Post New Topic Biking Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

0 posted 2001-03-29 04:18 PM


Biking

you saw it,
you had to ~
My Girl ~
that was me,
maybe not the same
decade, but the girl
and the bike and the
skinned shins on skinny knees
supporting
that smile that lifted the breeze

a little wise beyond
my years
still some naïveté
held my fears
but just let me
get to my bike
and the world could
take a hike
for I had the breeze
and the breeze had me
and blonde hair pony-tailed
along in windy ease

California living meant
more to me then,
good times were happening
and we didn’t know when
the times would change
but day would creep into
another day
and everyone seemed
fairly merry in
their way

how is it some know
that there is more
in store
and set memories aside
as they walk through life’s door

I recall one instant day
Dad said “come what may,
you will want to
remember now,”
and he was right
in his way,
somehow

so from that time
to now, I find
that when I do a
certain thing or two
I say to me
“remember this”
and I put it aside in
a room called “Bliss”

where my biking days
are held
where certain memories
go to meld
where certain smells and sounds
and colors reside
and transport me back
when I want to bide
with my friends
and
with my family
who are not here now

where I recall one instant day
when Dad said “come what may,
you will want to
remember now,”

and we go biking, together

and his smile
is my smile
and we believe in the somehow


© Copyright 2001 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
PoeticKnight
Senior Member
since 2000-01-20
Posts 1144
New Orleans, LA
1 posted 2001-03-29 04:22 PM


wow...I love. Believe in the somehow...cool.
Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049
California
2 posted 2001-03-29 05:17 PM


Karilea--another special look into the someplace...thank you.
Just A Woman
Senior Member
since 2001-03-10
Posts 507

3 posted 2001-03-29 05:24 PM


Sunshine, I just loved this glimpse of you!  

"Often the test of courage is not to die but to live"

~Vittorio Alferi~

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA
4 posted 2001-03-29 06:40 PM


Memories are shields somehow that protect and nuture us. They rightly become sacred to us, for we are the stories we tell.

"I am not now that which I have been."

Marge Tindal
Deputy Moderator 5 ToursDeputy Moderator 1 TourDeputy Moderator 1 TourDeputy Moderator 1 Tour
Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores
5 posted 2001-03-29 07:36 PM


Karilea~
Thanks for the nostalgic ride -

I find
that when I do a
certain thing or two
I say to me
“remember this”
and I put it aside in
a room called “Bliss”


You'd have to know that I'm fond of this one.
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com


coyote
Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077

6 posted 2001-03-29 07:58 PM


"Believing in somehow", great "K".
You took me "somewhere",
I haven't been there for a while.
Thanks.

"The poet is the priest of the invisible."
Wallace Stevens

SEA
Deputy Moderator 10 ToursDeputy Moderator 5 Tours
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676
with you
7 posted 2001-03-29 08:00 PM


Sunshine~ I have a room just like yours.....you made me cry with this......
Sven
Deputy Moderator 1 TourDeputy Moderator 1 Tour
Member Laureate
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA
8 posted 2001-03-29 08:44 PM


this is wonderful. . . you know that I love this. . .  

------------------------------------------------------------

To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Post A Reply Post New Topic ⇧ top of page ⇧ Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.
navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #13 » Biking

Passions in Poetry | pipTalk Home Page | Main Poetry Forums | 100 Best Poems

How to Join | Member's Area / Help | Private Library | Search | Contact Us | Login
Discussion | Tech Talk | Archives | Sanctuary