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Journal Entry : July Currents
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Journal Entry : July Currents |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
I wonder still at how it began; This need to write those things inside and all the while expose The simple ache to have more than what I’d found But for words written on a page and some ideal That loving another and being loved in return mattered And of how the river always flows through the days Whether I see the Blue or not, she owns me still ……………………………………………………………………………………… Above the long slow hole at Medford’s farm there was a slide Years ago, back in late winter when the rain fell for days And as she rose, she carried away the underpinning To let rotten stone no longer defy the gravity of it all So that now the river is crowded into narrowed channel With boulders choking to a constricted throat And on the hot days of July One could walk within the shade and cast along margins Of the roils for smallmouth and if nothing else Catch a moment’s peace or a view inside Unsullied by the quotation marks that bound the words To another time In the end it is only flesh and bones Currents and stone…. Driven by internal need that chokes Flow into a rush of white that might easily sweep away Those who have vowed or promised Then found for love or life they could not leave Such the hurt or loss To all that had not asked for choice or chance. And still she moves to wear away through days A channel for herself that will hold A balance To the still water pulled by moon …………………………………………………………………………… What importance to the mend of thought has brought The shallow draft of words to this my parody of heart? Still I wonder at how it all began And where It all will end |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
sometimes I scuba dive in lakes and rivers just to look at the underside of the slow movement..to see what it covers or what stirs it to it's action. I see you do it without a tank..kewl stuff |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Thanks Dark..I grew up around rivers and streams, spent a lot of hours close to them and in them. I guess even a dumb old country boy absorbs some of what is there after while. appreciate your dropping in, and the kind words. |
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Eldest Member
since 2010-06-15
Posts 177Alabama |
makes me wish for woods and streams, especially when the heat index here today is 105 |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Thanks for dropping in on this Eldest... seems it has been hot everywhere this summer. I hope it cools off where you are soon and you get some relief. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Somehow I felt as though I was reading something very private... Excellent Captain. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
(chuckling)... well ma'am... it was intended to read that way...but aren't our journals supposed to be private and intimate..the part of us we don't carry around on a sign for the world to see? again... I thank you sincerely for the kind words and for the eyes... your time.. |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
it will end where it will end meantime it's a pleasant current you travel enjoyed this so much |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
I think a part of the question has always been, will the words end? Many times I have thought they would and were gone, only to find them again, slightly older, slightly altered, a bit more difficult to allow.... many thanks for the eyes..... |
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