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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2007-01-09 10:43 AM

Where once the pain of lonely days
now the gain of safe alone
to hold and cosset, nurture, feel,
the could have been that wasn’t
but in that cuddle close to mind
rage rises like a hurricane
to twist and turn complacency
into the question, “Why?”.

And dependant on the time of night
Why begets a data string
that knots itself upon itself
like a sci-fi animal
with its own agenda.

But always in the breathe, breathe in,
a knowledge base appears
somewhere beyond the eyesight
of a transitory mind
housed within the confines
of my humanity.

Large and clear and bright and good
there waits within the shadow lands
the truth of every Why
uttered deep and mournfully
when memories arise
like yesterday, today, and when
love pops in to mind.

Safe alone the strings of mind
unravel when I cry
and bend and force the soul into
this transitory mind
but still the Why, the Why, the Why,
burrows in and settles down
until the final night of life
begets another state of mind!

Helen / 9 January 2007

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

1 posted 2007-01-09 10:53 AM

"Large and clear and bright and good
there waits within the shadow lands
the truth of every Why"

~ May those truths light your way to peaceful pastures.

Loving Light,
Linda

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2007-01-09 10:58 AM

Thanks, Linda, but not for a while yet because I'm not in a hurry to be in the "shadow lands". Just to know they are there is enough.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

3 posted 2007-01-09 11:41 AM

you have certainly tugged on woman strings and served the reader well...this is so perfect...so poignant....a tremendous write

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

4 posted 2007-01-09 03:01 PM

Well done

Poet, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

5 posted 2007-01-10 03:49 AM

Safe alone the strings of mind
unravel when I cry
and bend and force the soul into
this transitory mind
but still the Why, the Why, the Why,
burrows in and settles down
until the final night of life
begets another state of mind!

Helen.... wow!! enjoyed! RDB

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2007-01-10 07:34 AM

very touching

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

7 posted 2007-01-10 09:28 AM

LeeJ, Interloper, Roniece, and Dixie - thank you so much for your comments. Very much appreciated. I suppose asking "why" is pretty much a waste of energy in the here and now but it's quite annoying for those who want to know.

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

8 posted 2007-01-10 11:12 AM

Ditto!!
Enjoyed the thoughts.
Excellent write.

JL

Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:
blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
~Jesus Christ

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