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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2008-10-28 03:36 PM

There’s mystery and deep intrigue
within the forest of a need
for from the roots an intertwine
of what was but is no more.

And from the trunk a branching out
into the ether of pure light
where mind is king and flesh the means
of what was but is no more.

From that there flutters in the breeze
the fragments of the whole “I am”
waving, calling, beckoning,
the what was but is no more.

So stands a tree or maybe me
in the forest of a need
but of a need from whence it comes
or where it’s going to
hidden in that deep intrigue
of what was but is no more.

What was but is no more
still stands as my foundation
but changes form, mutates and moves
as mystery decrees it must
to remain a mystery.

And so of the intertwine
of what was but is no more
it’s just a plait of history
wound around my head
to keep the what was in its place
and make the no more like a band
that suffocates the past.

Helen / 28 October 2008

Janette

Member Elite

since 2001-07-20

Posts 2843
Chicagoland for now

1 posted 2008-10-28 04:19 PM

"wound around my head
to keep the what was in its place
and make the no more like a band
that suffocates the past."

Great lines here. A thought filled write. But to breathe and remember seems more appropriate than smothering the past.

Enjoyed.

Janette

always seeking joy, adventure and romance and wishing you find the same

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2008-10-28 04:42 PM

Thanks, Janette. It's not possible to completely forget the past but it is possible to put it in its place and ... move on to a hairstyle more befitting one's present lifestyle!

Helen

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

3 posted 2008-10-28 05:14 PM

Wonderful Penning!

ARCTIC WIND

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

4 posted 2008-10-28 05:59 PM

really captivated by the ending...nice write

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2008-10-28 11:37 PM

Most interesting write, Helen.
Ida

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

6 posted 2008-10-30 12:55 PM

There’s mystery and deep intrigue
within the forest of a need
for from the roots an intertwine
of what was but is no more.

And from the trunk a branching out
into the ether of pure light

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That certainly sets the stage for a most compelling poem.
You are such a deep thinker with so much heart and soul.

Hugs, honey~

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

7 posted 2008-10-30 03:00 AM

AC, Steaven, Ida and Bluesy - Thank you so much! Oh, and Bluesy, I guess I feel first and foremost and then have to write it to make sense of it. Sometimes the fingers know what I don't.

Helen

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

8 posted 2008-10-30 06:15 AM

Dear Helen... this was a wonderful read!
love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

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