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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2009-05-01 02:04 AM

So what is this courage that mostly lies fallow
to suddenly rise and open the door
when I heard not a knock, a tap nor a scrape
on the solidness of normality?

It let the wind in and the curtains drew back
and the force of a choice whistled in and then out
and I, the bedazzled, knew change was afoot
with determined intent to uproot and dislodge
the roots of a woman once firmly entrenched.

Too soon, too soon, but change doesn't care
to succumb to a mind's limited view
so it prods and propels courage to the door
of what surely was not ere thought before.

And wind isn't stupid to come and then go
without dropping a shower of dust particles
to make of the old a no-go area
like a terrorist camp in the then Rhodesia.

There's a sparkle and gleam to new horizons
that attracts and repels simultaneously
and as the decisions sway back and forth
the voice of sheer courage calls all to order.

Courage rules, you know, while a woman weeps
and cuddles up close when she's fast asleep
but courage, dear courage, close the damn door!
I'm tired, so tired, of moving, moving!

Helen / 30 April 2009

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2009-05-01 06:52 AM

Helen, I wouldn't know what to make of moving since I have been in the same home for over 30 years now. Even traveling for a vacation is sometimes more than I like to attempt.

M

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 2009-05-01 10:45 AM

There's a sparkle and gleam to new horizons
that attracts and repels simultaneously

Yes... there is. *S* And you've written the struggle between the possibilities and the pain of upheaval so very well! *S*

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

3 posted 2009-05-03 08:51 PM

quote:
Courage rules, you know, while a woman weeps
and cuddles up close when she's fast asleep
but courage, dear courage, close the damn door!
I'm tired, so tired, of moving, moving!

Helen, what a finale! The entire poem is amazing to me. I just kind of got swept up and around and pushed against a wonderful use of words.

Thank you for sharing.
Alison

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2009-05-03 10:55 PM

Thanks M, Ruth and Alison! I have a stupid brain that can't seem to operate one step at a time. It jumps ahead and falls down ... dead!

Helen

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

5 posted 2009-05-03 11:16 PM

Honeybunch - new horizons, at times I wonder if it's better to stay put. Of course circumstances can make for moving, moving...

BC

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