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Open Poetry #49

Short Zen Meditations

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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0 posted 2015-08-23 10:36 AM

the path you
once took
to and from
my heart,
is now lost
in spider webs
of sorrow

if this life
were not
a dream
I would
be with
you again
why must
love be left
unfinished

is love
in a dream
any less
real or
more
fleeting
than in
all this
waking
world

the smallest
ripple
dances for
but a moment
with the caress
of the slightest
breeze
was this
our love

how subtly
its color
fades
loves flower
of the human
heart

even having been
with you only once
I long for you
worlds upon worlds

the morning dew
summer mirages
sunset shadows
and fox-fire dreams
are all long-lasting
compared to love

Autumn memories
is that love’s
distant footsteps
on fallen leaves

In the broken
heart,
too many doors
for love to
leave

lovely lady
when did we
become clouds
floating in
opposite
directions?

--- b. e. adams (8/23/2015)

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

1 posted 2015-08-23 01:17 PM

each one is as beautiful as the first.You do have a way with words. Jo

secondhanddreampoet
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2 posted 2015-08-23 05:37 PM

Thanks Jo! ... more perhaps though, I have a "way" with sadness and loss (too much 'personal experience')

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2015-08-26 10:23 PM

Especially liked "Lovely lady when did we become clouds floating in different directions." Reminded me of that Rolling Stones song "Heh you get off of my cloud."
James

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2015-08-27 02:28 AM

These are pure genius Bruce.
Ida

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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5 posted 2015-08-27 08:29 AM

Thanks JM and Ida !

jjote
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since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

6 posted 2015-08-30 11:26 AM

I liked this: when did we become clouds floating in different directions... lovely poem

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

7 posted 2015-08-30 07:43 PM

thanks !!

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