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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2005-09-14 05:54 AM

A bend in the breeze of no wind that blows
merely the movement of soul
in reach and stretch like roots of a tree
into the depths of feel.

Winter demands the cut and trim
of overgrown fantasies
until roses outnumber the thorns
on stems of abiding truth.

Oh, to bend and straighten again
into a dream made real
but roses and trees are separate from me
and the wind carries no seed
to plant the future according to need.

This I know because it’s been so
and the breeze of no wind that blows
merely a student of time
that fails or passes its driving force
at the behest of a dominant mind.

But one day a gale and my history
will go from my sense of real
and I will it be kind to my state of mind
so I can become reconciled.

I’d like a bed of linen and lace
and a rose in every room
but the wind isn’t fancy and fickle
to believe in bric-a-brac, ribbon,
and this I know because it’s been so.

No pot-luck abode awaits the soul
when ‘ready or not’ I blend my feel
into the will of a dominant mind!

Helen / 14 September 2005

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2005-09-14 09:11 AM

One of the most beautiful pieces I have read in quite awhile.
And, this I know...because it is so.
Lovely rhythm and flow Helen.
Hugs~Nancy

I wait now at the lake or walking by the bay
I wait and listen or put a seashell
to my ear and it all comes back
the wind's soft murmur..and you.

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2005-09-14 10:15 AM

Honeybunch
A honey of a write, enjoyed.

kayjay
Member Elite

since 2002-06-24

Posts 2015
Oregon

3 posted 2005-09-14 10:25 AM

You tie such wondrous images together so flawlessly.
I could pick out any quatrain, but your opening lines set the stage for the reader to say "Wow, I kike how she phrases her thoughts."

A bend in the breeze of no wind that blows
merely the movement of soul
in reach and stretch like roots of a tree
into the depths of feel.

A bend in the breeze ...the depths of feel

Simply great phrasing.
Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2005-09-14 11:36 AM

Thank you all so much for your kind comments. Perhaps I write at the behest of a dominant mind - not mine though because women are the essence of feel or at least they were until the world decided to shake things up a bit.

Startime55
Member Elite

since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

5 posted 2005-09-14 11:40 AM

The words you weave with such beauty leave me in awe of the visions you create...A stunningly beautiful poem....*big hugs*

Bodger
Senior Member

since 2005-06-12

Posts 1260
Tolerance for a short time

6 posted 2005-09-14 03:13 PM

Excellent words

Bodger

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

7 posted 2005-09-16 02:33 AM

"But one day a gale and my history
will go from my sense of real
and I will it be kind to my state of mind
so I can become reconciled."

Me too, Helen, me too! Library clicked (as it is everyone of your poems, dear friend).

....jo

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

8 posted 2005-09-16 05:47 AM

Thanks Startime, Bodger, and Jo! And Jo - my bank statement is easier to reconcile than getting to the bottom line of what awaits. Sigh!

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