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Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

0 posted 2016-08-15 02:55 PM

I saw a sailboat with your last name
anchored
at Birnbeck pier.
Shells bearing the marks of your finished years
line the flooding deck.

Where did your heart go?
Did it press against the sails like wind
aching to reach the storms
with the hope it could start again?
Did it flow with the lightening current
and kiss the sea?

I saw your hand tangled with the watered weeds,
prying open mussels like a locked box,
reaching desperately for a lost memory.
I saw your eyes reflect the waves,
the ebb and flow of a tragedy unwritten,
a treasure chest full of coins and broken dreams.

You turn the boat's wheel toward the horizon,
a place where the sky and ocean meet.
You lick your lips
and taste the salt of your secrets,
and wave a gentle goodbye
to the land.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2016-08-15 05:10 PM

You lick your lips
and taste the salt of your secrets,

Love the thought!  Your poetry resonates with so much emotion, your word choices are like none other.

You're such a gifted writer, and I'm thrilled to find you here today.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2016-08-15 06:01 PM

I echo Blues thoughts. Very good! ~L

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2016-08-15 06:14 PM

What can I say, Blues has said it all, but I will say this don't run away! Stay with us.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

4 posted 2016-08-15 07:59 PM

Birnbeck pier? Well, just a stone's throw if you are strong enough. Beautifully written, with a passion that is somehow lost these days.

Elizabeth

Moderator

Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

5 posted 2016-09-13 07:39 AM

This is just beautiful...don't we all do this at times

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