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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2010-11-03 01:13 AM

I’m not wired and yet the line crackles
at the place where silence once reigned supreme
and the din like one that shatters contentment
and brings in the beat of restlessness.

No matter the legs no longer dance
or the hips gyrate like a gypsy on show
for the crackle whips up a storm in the mind
and blows the impractical far, far away.

I know it’s a storm, I know it will leave
for that mythical ether of dreams
where again the embrace of nothing, no one,
will leave it completely unaltered.

I wait on the sidewalk, the roadway, home,
for the abatement of thunderous storms
and listen like one mummified
to the crackle of internal vibes.

Crackle and hiss, crackle and hiss,
until the snap into quarters, halves, thirds,
or whatever measurement best
for the mind to eliminate lines.

But in each remnant a crackle survives
and procreates more and many more lines
and so of restlessness how can it die
when not yet satisfied?

Helen / 3 November 2010

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

1 posted 2010-11-03 06:35 AM

Never gets satisfied does it Helen?

Loved the metaphors of the mind's eye.
"I know it’s a storm, I know it will leave
for that mythical ether of dreams"
Great lines!
'and listen like one mummified
to the crackle of internal vibes"

I enjoyed the read as it reached me......

Eric

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2010-11-03 06:41 AM

Thank you so much, Eric. I guess some things are always destined to "be" no matter how much we try to ... trick ourselves.

Helen

Eusta B. Mae
Senior Member

since 2010-05-03

Posts 903

3 posted 2010-11-03 08:33 AM

Helen- You have captured it well...as is your usual...enjoyed ebm

JerryPat
Senior Member

since 2010-10-30

Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

4 posted 2010-11-03 10:43 AM

Ah, the beat does go on until something is settled, I have found that to be true. Sometimes, most times actually, the "settling" is not exactly how we thought it would be. Good stuff.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2010-11-03 04:05 PM

Thanks ebm and JerryPat. Yes, most things in my life have never been "as I thought". Best not to think at all!

Helen

s1nfully_1nn0c3nt
Senior Member

since 2003-10-26

Posts 1105
Watertown, NY

6 posted 2010-11-03 06:10 PM

I do love the last stanza. Enjoyed.

-Trina.

"To decieve ones self, is truly a grueling battle. One which we're destined to lose."

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

7 posted 2010-11-04 03:24 AM

Thank you SI! In this day of contrariness I guess it is possible to be ... sinfully innocent.

Helen

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

8 posted 2010-11-04 04:59 PM

A good storm
does charge up
the emotions, doesn't it,
Helen?

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

9 posted 2010-11-05 01:47 PM

This is one of my favorites from you, love the intensity.
Your choice of words and expression make for a great poem.

Always enjoy you, Honey girl~

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

10 posted 2010-11-05 03:09 PM

Thanks, Sunshine! I think my emotions are always fully charged and that's perhaps because everything means so very much be it the good or the bad, the big or the little. I wouldn't, however, say it's the best way to be. On the plus side, I don't wear my heart on my sleeve - just in my eyes!

Bluesy - I always appreciate your supportive comments.  Thank you so much!

Helen

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