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wordwizard
Member

since 2003-09-08

Posts 483
on the way to next world

0 posted 2014-01-26 04:20 PM

Whenever there is a thought
that cannot be said
it may linger on
hang on silk threads
take you on wheelchair spins
contact kindred corridor spirits
who ever lived next door?
looked out to recognize
a passing, transient world....

striking you at thinned wrist-bones
for the unsuspecting
may make some go of it
produce in all positivity
or fantasize
create sensations in the pond
linger to swim therein
to glide on water's edge
while others plummet askew
a dip in the hope of rekindling
a loss to remain tenacious...
Steady as a boat rocks.

There can be no recollection
when a memory is lost
but there are sweet tidings
hiding behind the scenes
making it to the end of life
where the person counts their days
afraid of an end
where was that beginning?

repeated refrains
wasted but wanted energy
spurred by a sugar rush
concentrated on refusing to go
in the name of some sacred event
a picture, a patter of young feet
children still on extension table photos
all part of the museum of life
unaware of the collecting habit
not even knowing
an interest is lost
another nail in the coffin of life?

Its just that attention spans are shorter
choices of words fewer.
some memories linger on
you may say
she'll reach 100
on a good day.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2014-01-26 04:58 PM

A very beautiful, sensitive write. More and more people reach 100 in good spirits too, even though the problems connected to age are plenty! Senior Homes can be perceived as frightening, but I'd say you found the sunny side of it too, with just the right touch of sweet melancholy.

Margherita

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

2 posted 2014-01-26 06:51 PM

"looked out to recognize
a passing transient world"

That has been my view for quite some time. Glad to feel I'm not the only one seeing it that way. Enjoyed the read.

Michael

wordwizard
Member

since 2003-09-08

Posts 483
on the way to next world

3 posted 2014-01-30 03:57 PM

Thanks for the comments! This is the old ecrivan
a pseudo I havn't used here fo some time

Jack Napes
Member

since 2014-02-22

Posts 290
Phaedra's Womb

4 posted 2014-03-14 04:55 AM

Sometimes I wonder if the memories aren't all there, but as you say, "the words are few".

Not much fun to be 100 if you don't know it by comparison and reflection.

Touch, but don't look

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

5 posted 2014-03-14 04:27 PM

Oh, I can absolutely relate to this one. Personally, I think things could have been better thought through by the big guy.

~*~ Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.--James Joyce ~*~

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2014-03-18 10:29 PM

fine writing...James

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