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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2011-04-17 02:54 PM

I went from the simplicity
of simply loving you
into the highly convoluted
magic and mystique
of love's birthing place.

I came back overladen
with triangles, squares, rectangles,
all entwined and entangled
within overlapping circles.

Circles roll and bounce around
an unenlightened mind
and roll down the mountain side
of no understanding.

They're pretty in their own way
all aglow with this and that
in the twilight time
of a life in repose
but grant no gratification
to any onlooker.

I had to be in it
rolling, feeling, touching,
love's origins
before the true meaning
of the "I love you"
could be known and understood.

Do I know and understand?
Yes, I surely do,
but I was in while you were out
and though we might nor ere entwine,
I hope you're in it now!

Helen / 17 April 2011

[This message has been edited by Honeybunch (04-17-2011 04:24 PM).]

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

1 posted 2011-04-17 04:02 PM

Helen...I like your use of shapes to explain the way life is sometimes so convaluted. One thing about circles that I like is they always come back in the end, to the beginning. Hugs!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2011-04-17 04:14 PM

Thanks, Martie. I guess it's that coming back to the beginning again that keeps life going but when, oh, when, do we learn enough to not be stuck in that repetitive ordeal?

Helen

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2011-04-17 04:36 PM

Great lighthearted take on love and its many different shapes, amazingly described with geometry and grace. You are very good at this, my friend.

~ Don't insult the alligator till after you cross the river. ~

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

4 posted 2011-04-17 06:32 PM

This is so thoughtful. Funny how the circles are ever changing.
I guess it's all part of the process of understanding the in
and outs of love and other stuff. Such a nice poem, Helen~

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

5 posted 2011-04-18 09:11 AM

Very well done, my friend...I really liked this and the ending was perfect.

j.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

6 posted 2011-04-18 10:45 AM

Thank you Jerry, Bluesy, and Jimmy for your comments which are so very much appreciated.

Love
Helen

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2011-04-23 12:16 PM

There are some truly brilliant lines throughout this poem, Helen.
Ida

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

8 posted 2011-04-23 03:54 AM

Thanks so much for reading, Ida, and for your comment. Much appreciated.

Helen

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

9 posted 2011-04-23 04:38 AM

This is so intensely creative, dear Helen. A pleasure to skip down the mountain in your circles.

He is "in" it from the very moment YOU put him in it. It's up to you to make him AWARE of it.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

10 posted 2011-04-23 05:50 AM

Oh, dear Margherita, I've tried but like steel the mind that so entwined with transitory "stuff".

Helen

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