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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2011-05-10 04:29 PM

'twas just the mist of days gone by
that made her lose her way
and the river of her longing
that pulled her in and down.

She stayed there for the longest time
no breath, you understand,
but humans are the weirdest things
to swim when they should drown.

So she swam to the bank of pain,
gulped the feeling down,
and thrashed amidst the reeds of time
on her way to solid ground.

Solid ground, solid ground?
there's no such thing she found
because where ere she stands she leans
first this way then the next.

She's a leaning woman now
and you'll see her on the ground
siding with the poor, veering towards the rich,
and swaying twixt her heart and mind.

She bends and turns round this and that
and only ever upright stands
when in the ether of her dreams
she lands in paradise.

It's a land of all things grand
where eyes meet and understand
and once you've been there, yes, indeed,
you'll surely wish to drown!

Helen / 10 May 2011

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

1 posted 2011-05-10 04:40 PM

just outsome, it is breathtaking, sincere applause.

yann

faithmairee
Senior Member

since 2011-01-05

Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA

2 posted 2011-05-10 05:43 PM

cleverly and skillfully written...a true gem! i love this one, Honeybunch

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2011-05-15 10:52 PM

The ying and yang of it all is enough to drive a woman mad.

I do love how you write her though.

Hugs, honey~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2011-05-15 11:35 PM

breathtaking! I felt like I was looking through her eyes...one of my favorites of yours, bless your heart

Lori

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2011-05-16 03:20 AM

Thanks so much everyone. Your comments are very much appreciated. "She's" a leaning gypsy woman at the moment so not on the internet enough to be able to enjoy all the poetry. Her very sad loss.

Helen

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

6 posted 2011-05-16 04:51 AM

quote:
She bends and turns round this and that
and only ever upright stands
when in the ether of her dreams
she lands in paradise.

The daily struggle in life is our all time challenge and sometimes the burden seems too heavy to cope with, as we all know. Dear Helen, you have expressed your frustration in an excellent poem, to which so many of us can relate no doubt.

With every breath we take we are linked to our Creator and when we breathe consciously we feel the oneness and the energy that renews our ability to enjoy life with all of its up and downs.

Now let's straighten our backs and say "we can".

And every now and then let's drown in all the beauty that displays down here for our eyes or in the dreams of other shores that become as real as anything through the power of our mind.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

7 posted 2011-05-16 05:57 AM

A song of experience....love it!

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