Madness or Sanity? can we choose our own sky?

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inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

0 posted 2004-05-06 10:24 AM

2 birds are stamping the sky; no more relevant this day than any other, in the world that claims them;

there's a blaring light that divides the dark and the pale assembly line of clouds that congregate in indecision;

something tells me to look up;

i can no more understand its call than any of the other signs, premonitions and messages from above that are fodder for my impressionable mind;

maybe i am hallocinatory or bipolar or mad;
or am i truly in tune with the trees; have they become
the only world that brings me the comfort of my own, as i lay down beneath them;

i'm mindswept............

in a stream of cirrus clouds
freefalling one by one as they take me on a journey;

i descend,
        tumbling backwards,

         feeling light as the fallout of petals
            as the dandelion is wished upon,

feeling the kiss that gave my feet wings; a kiss from which i've never fully recovered;

it's just a sky, isn't it?
variations of the same theme;
from the pallor of an albino face in its fragile beauty,
to the black curtains ,the color of coals,in a twisted cave that leads to the nightworld;

can we really paint our own sky?

everything washes to blank now as the seams rip open,

rain falls;

bathing  the grass in a sea of green

laughing with glee
on someone's laundry
that hangs from the windows
facing the railroad tracks,

traffic begins again;

as i'm left with both
the insignifcance and profundity
of one compelling moment

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

1 posted 2004-05-06 10:58 AM

"or am i truly in tune with the trees; have they become
the only world that brings me the comfort of my own, as i lay down beneath them"

I feel the exact same way about the ocean..especially at night with the moon the only light..

I loved this.

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2004-05-06 12:15 PM

sometimes I think I may be bipolar too, but doesn't that have a happy side to it at least some of the time?

love your thoughts here girlfriend

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

3 posted 2004-05-06 12:18 PM

If you are mad, then we all should be. This was an exquisite moment of reality shared!

bklynboy
Senior Member

since 2002-12-15

Posts 660
florida

4 posted 2004-05-07 07:55 AM

Interesting...very interesting

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

5 posted 2004-05-07 08:10 AM

or am i truly in tune with the trees; have they become
the only world that brings me the comfort of my own, as i lay down beneath them;

i'm mindswept............

in a stream of cirrus clouds
freefalling one by one as they take me on a journey;

i descend,
        tumbling backwards,

         feeling light as the fallout of petals
            as the dandelion is wished upon,

Michele, I really understand this, and like Susan, I also feel this way about the waves and the beach at night.
Very good writing, my friend, as always.
Hugs

Ethel

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

6 posted 2004-05-07 08:34 AM

inkedgoddess
Wonderful write, enjoyed the read.

Kaoru

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since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

7 posted 2004-05-07 12:41 PM

WOAH

just WOAH...

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

8 posted 2004-05-08 04:55 PM

thanks guys and dolls

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

9 posted 2004-05-10 02:55 AM

Enjoyed...James

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