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Open Poetry #40

Ties that bind

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2007-03-29 03:25 AM

The ties that bind grow slowly tired
and sink into desire
a-simmer so behind the scenes
of life’s true manner and means ~
and there within this tumble, turn,
ends fray into a tangled mess
and leak the goodness out
into the heat and steam.

Rise, rise, rise! Ties of desire
rise up into the air
a-travel on an unknown path
into a lover’s song.

Oh, sing, sing, sing, like unto a child
this heavenly lullaby
and twist the strings into denial
of humanity’s desires ~
but, oh, oh, oh, I could choose
to veer off into ignorance.

And ignorance ignores the ties,
burns desire to a crust,
and leaves upon the soul
a residue of loss.

And a residue of loss?
No man can know the cost!

Helen / 29 March 2007

[This message has been edited by Honeybunch (03-29-2007 05:44 AM).]

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2007-03-29 01:57 PM

Dear Helen

"and there within this tumble, turn,
ends fray into a tangled mess
and leak the goodness out"

TerryW
Senior Member

since 2000-03-23

Posts 779
Louisville, Mississippi, USA

2 posted 2007-03-29 02:15 PM

Very powerful and beautiful poem. Loved it!

Terry

~you reached inside, you touched my heart,
and I am all the better for it~
Terry A. Woodson, Jr.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2007-03-29 03:52 PM

Thanks for the read and the hugs, Martie, and Terry - thank you and, yes, on a re-read it does seem rather powerful but ... drastic situations requre drastic action.

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