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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2013-11-20 03:07 PM

http://soundcloud.com/diana-van-den-berg-2/as-if-thrice-adream

AS IF THRICE ADREAM
20 November 2013

Softly, on bare feet
she slipped into
the forest.

Amidst the mesmerising twitters
and chirps and trills
of her little avian friends,
she heard a twig snap
behind her.
She turned in recognition
but there was nobody there.
She paused a moment, remembering . . .

Inhaling the sweet, sweet scent
of the damp forest path
and the zillion green leaves
fluttering their welcome,
she slipped deeper and deeper
into her beloved haven.

In the heart of it,
she paused and sighed
and drank in
the peace and exhilaration of her memories.

She sat down on a fallen log,
the soft cream folds
of her long silk dress
contrasting with the quiet shades
of the grey-brown trunk
and its rough bark,
which her hands caressed
as in a dream,
slipping into another time.

Only the birds
and the forest creatures
saw her smile
and close her eyes
then rise and flow
into a long forgotten dance
barefoot, in the forest
of her memories.

Owl

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

1 posted 2013-11-20 03:21 PM

now this particular 'write' is absolutely GRAND ('as good as it gets,' etc.) ...

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2013-11-20 04:15 PM

Thrice is not enough for this dream, Diana.
I will read it again and again.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2013-11-20 05:03 PM

Thank you very much, Bruce.

Smiles, Ida! I am glad you enjoyed it so much.

Owl

KentAshbyKorb
Member

since 2013-05-05

Posts 99
Nc USA

4 posted 2013-11-21 09:10 AM

I did enjoy this!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2013-11-21 09:16 AM

Thank you, Kent.

Owl

CastleGuard
Senior Member

since 2003-04-30

Posts 760
Alberta, Canada

6 posted 2013-11-21 12:14 PM

Beautiful, it is easy on these solitary forest walks to slip into the dance of yesteryear...and the long forgotten steps surge to life again.

CG

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2013-11-21 12:31 PM

Thank you for understanding so well, CastleGuard.

Owl

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

8 posted 2013-11-21 03:02 PM

hello owl, a forest I enjoyed to visit, with beauty and "wild" metaphors, superbe,

yann

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

9 posted 2013-11-21 03:33 PM

Merci, Yann, de tes mots, qui sont, comme toujours, tellement gentils.

Owl

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

10 posted 2013-11-21 09:14 PM

one of your best...James

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

11 posted 2013-11-22 01:01 AM

Wow! Thanks, James. Smiles.

Owl

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

12 posted 2013-11-23 07:35 PM

oftentimes only the birds and the forest creatures would be worthy to share our innermost life with which you embrace and speak of with such clarity

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

13 posted 2013-11-23 08:23 PM

Yes, I agree, EmmaRose, about the birds and the forest creatures for they are without guile. Thank you for your kind words and appreciation of my poem.

Owl

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