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Something is out there
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Something is out there |
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jjote Senior Member
since 2002-12-25
Posts 1088Ontario, Canada 
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My grandson surprises us in unlikely moments, all of a sudden he covers his eyes and turns his face away "scary shadow" he says, when all we can see are slivers of sunlight pushing through window slats or unrecognizable odd shapes on walls created by ceiling chandelier lights at night. This leads me thinking how children can dream up phantom stirrings like trees in the wind. I don't remember how different was I at his age or did I also go through this phase convinced that something is out there. And maybe there really is a world in a dimension beyond ours and we have lost the gift to peer into it, and it vanishes like a candle flicker. Give me leave to levitate to where something is out there, how I long for this when the misery and hopelessness of the here and now strikes me in unlikely moments. Oh for just a whiff of forgotten childhood memories when time collapses into a senseless vacuum. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ahhh . . . To return again to the world of our youth. Yes, we had visions we no longer have. I had an imaginary friend who suddenly turned into an imaginary foe. I understand today what that was, but couldn't understand it then. My imaginary friend wasn't who I thought he was . . . Many years later, when I was sixteen years old, I found out that my mother wasn't really who I thought she was. So dig the insight I had as a very young child. ~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
Love your third stanza, really cinched this idea. guilty gulp* Reminded me of all the things I saw through and into as a child...to my parent's disbelief, unless the dog was caught staring too! lol Nowadays, I see the same within my children- and never discount a single one! I'm still catching faded shadows and hunting distant flicker myself!  The perception of youth is bold and in aplenty...and they teach us more each day. enjoy that grandson-muse of yours!!  ~d Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
This is very, very beautiful and (a word I dislike intensely, but I can't think of a better one right now), insightful. I remember many of the deep thoughts I had as a young child. It is a very sad fact, that most adults underestimate very many of the capabilities of the minds, hearts and souls of young children who simply don't have the vocabulary and the life experience to express those thoughts . . . Well done. Thank you for the sharing of it, and the enrichment. Owl |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
No doubt children pay much more attention to what goes on around them, than adults who are distracted easily. Shadows have their fascination and can also frighten. Your grandson is lucky insofar he has a sensitive heart in you who will always listen and understand. Enjoyed your poem very much. Love, Margherita |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Thank you Josephina for the stories about your grandson. I Love stories about children. We had six, three girls and three boys. Each so different. My middle daughter while in grade school said she wanted to be President of the United States. I asked why she decided to do that, and she answered, "So I could be the First Mother of our country". One time she and her friend were out in the yard squabbling about something. I finally went out to suggest they turn their attention to something else. My daughter said, "she has to give me the purple pocket book first". I asked where the pocket book was and she replied, "It is invisible". They can really think. I love to talk with young people before they get too sophisticated.Best to you, jo |
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jjote Senior Member
since 2002-12-25
Posts 1088Ontario, Canada |
thanks everyone for your kind encouraging words. Yes, children do evoke inspirations for writing poems - they are so innocent, we want to hold on to this phase in their lives before they turn adults. |
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