As Blue - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

0 posted 2010-06-20 11:59 AM

As Blue

Standing on the cliff
the waves leaped toward me
like cotton candy
on a trampoline
licking at land, turning rocks,
into sand.

A clam observed me
for a second
before disappearing,
into the froth.

I couldn’t see him then
but I know he was watching me
from beneath,
waiting for me to stop staring
into his littleneck
of the woods.

My eyes misting
the forest for the seas.

One of your waves to me hit the jetty
finishing its journey,
wetting my face with parted lips,
from afar.

I looked down at my shoes
they were soaking dry,
but they still
were drowning.

I saw something blue,
and picked it up.

It was a balloon,
crawling out to the deep..

Maybe it was trying
to get to an anniversary picnic,
or a child’s first birthday party?

Or maybe,
like most things washed up on shore
as much as it wanted,
it never really had a home
to begin with.

Funny how high we can fly
and other times
find ourselves at the edge
of a gleam
laying on our side
in a pool full of tide
of never
and dreams.

I kissed the balloon,
filling its lungs
with moment.

A moment
I once held
within
thinking of you,
that was now enclosed
in its own world
of secrets and truths
that never had the chance
to be cherished
or proved.

A part of me
that I had merely borrowed
from nowhere
and, everywhere
in the form of a breath
I tried not to exhale
that sustained me
for an eon, of brief
and last
wish.

That now
was put away
for a lasting wink perhaps
or, a final sigh.

I tied the balloon’s lips
into a knot
with some sting,
from my shirt.

Strings from a fabric of rhyme
that was once stretched
against hopes of distance
and time.

Strings from cloth
that once pressed
on my heart
soaked from beginnings
that never,
did start.

Tied to that string
was a note
on a ring.

Looking for you
of what might have been

A final flight
of finish and light.

Now with the sky
as blue
as your eyes.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2010-06-20 12:55 PM

Funny how high we can fly
and other times
find ourselves at the edge
of a gleam
laying on our side
in a pool full of tide
of never
and dreams.

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

Sometimes your poetry brings tears to my eyes...for several reasons, you combine beauty with such heart pounding emotion.

Happy Father's day to you, my special friend~

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

2 posted 2010-06-20 01:04 PM

Okay no more of that Lori, before you make my eyes blue as well...

(okay, maybe they already are, a little)

It means alot to me that you liked this

My birthday was friday, today is dad's day, and now a wonderful reply from you.

Hey... this has been a pretty great weekend!

Sitting at the lake, thinking, and just appreciating...

Thank god for laptops and wireless modems!

Thank you for stopping by dear friend you just made my day!

Richard xx

Amaryllis
Senior Member

since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

3 posted 2010-06-20 02:06 PM

Yay, another Richy poem! This is very lovely. drenched in your rich imagery as usual.. thanks for sharing it!
.
Happy Father`s day.. hope you are happy and well

~Amaryllis

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

4 posted 2010-06-20 05:22 PM

nice read

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

5 posted 2010-06-20 07:18 PM

Incredibly moving and beautiful. You sing your words well, Rich. You really do.

xoxoxo
A

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

6 posted 2010-06-20 07:40 PM

Richy - Happy birthday to you sitting at the lake. Your poetry is so real and interesting and touching...

BC

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

7 posted 2010-06-20 09:39 PM

Richy you certainly have a vivid imagination

and the ability to put it down on paper.
Well done my friend.

Lindsay

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

8 posted 2010-06-20 11:12 PM

your poetry picks at the fabric of my heart

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

9 posted 2010-06-21 01:24 PM

Thanks soo much guys!

You are all so very kind!
Richard xx

Eldest
Member

since 2010-06-15

Posts 177
Alabama

10 posted 2010-06-21 01:48 PM

shoes that are soaking dry, an image that I can't escape.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

11 posted 2010-06-21 07:48 PM

Love the way you play with words and emotions, Richy. That balloon could be like a message in a bottle...only it can fly as well as float. Happy Bday and father's day...and first day of summer!

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

12 posted 2010-06-22 07:11 PM

Eldest - Did I say that? I meant shoes that are drying wet... curses!

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

13 posted 2010-06-22 07:14 PM

Yes Martie, you're right! I hadn't thought about it having both modes of travel?

Thanks so much dear friend for all of the happy greetings.

Giant hugs to you!

(((((((((((Martie))))))))))

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.