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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2011-04-04 03:22 PM


I looked in the distance
and, lo and behold,
there was no horizon beckoning
like a lover's ardent plea
to follow where he leads.

Perhaps I was mistaken.
Horizons must exist
or else the same old, same old,
gains a foothold in the door
and overpowers me.

So I cleared my eyes of fantasy
and looked again long and hard
till finally there it was
where it has always been.

So my horizon looms
next to yours and his and hers
in the distance far away
calling softly, softly,
"Please come to me".

What?  What?  The deaf cannot hear
and so the shimmer of horizons
merely the tears it cries
mournfully, heartbreakingly,
throughout each live long day.

Horizons?  Yes, they're beautiful
but lonely without you!

Helen / 4 April 2011


© Copyright 2011 Helen - All Rights Reserved
Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
1 posted 2011-04-04 05:29 PM


oh Helen this is great! Your imagery here for me was spectacular. I enjoy you so much!
Lori

ethome
Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
2 posted 2011-04-04 08:15 PM


Great writing Helen but oh so sadly beautiful. Peculiar how there's a beauty in sadness......I guess that's why they call me mister blues.

Oh well, I really enjoyed the read.

Eric

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058

3 posted 2011-04-04 10:56 PM


great write, with a spectacular ending...makes me want to just say ahhhh & smile...
Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
4 posted 2011-04-05 09:11 AM


And to think that your horizon is an African horizon ... which is said to be unforgettable ...

Love your words around this magical event, even if you convey sadness. Your heart is alive and its yearning song is heard.

Love,
Margherita

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa
5 posted 2011-04-05 09:24 AM


Thank you all so much for your comments - and Margherita,  yes, so many magical things in sunny SA but then again they are overshadowed by so many things that aren't.  Same in all countries no doubt so we learn to live with what we've got and enjoy it as much as we can.  

Helen

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