Postcards from Wherever You Are

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soul drifter
Senior Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

0 posted 2016-08-22 08:56 PM

Postcards from Wherever You Are

Picture an ocean
Twice as blue as your eyes
A crystal clear notion
where my soul's redemption lies
If it's by morse code in those winking stars
Or picture postcards from wherever you are
Tell me, tell me how far
Oh I never thought it'd be so hard

Paint another sky
Colorful twilight scenes
Surrender to the high
the first impression of dreams
You've a magic impervious to harm
Like perfect postcards of whoever you are
Tell me, tell me my part
Oh I never memorized it by heart

Soft cool surrender
I'll always remember
The beauty of one so pure
So assured
I wish I could be half as good as you
I never knew
Nothing true
As you
You're important like the sun is to the day
So tell me, tell me why you gotta be
So far away

Picture an ocean
Picture me undeniably yours
You and me in synonymous motion
My happiness' unending source
Future memories will be like gorgeous scars
Etched in postcards from wherever you are
Wherever we are
The distance to another star
From wherever I am
I'll be there to let you in
Tell me, show me just how to be a part
of you
Oh oh, how I ever got this far
I never knew

"He turns his money into light to look for her" - U2, 'Lemon'

[This message has been edited by soul drifter (08-24-2016 01:11 PM).]

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2016-08-22 09:22 PM

such beautifully penned pain and passion from a misfortunate heart. ~L

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2016-08-23 07:32 AM

Ahhh . . . The pure pain of being cast aside by someone you love. I relate to these words. Unfortunately it never ends, these pains.

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

Elizabeth

Moderator

Member Ascendant

since 1999-06-07

Posts 6871
Minnesota

3 posted 2016-08-23 03:26 PM

This reads like a song....so poignant and wistful, but gorgeous images....

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2016-08-23 11:27 PM

nice...reminds me of a song from a ways back..."So far away, doesn't anybody live in one place anymore." I believe it was Carol King singing...james

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

5 posted 2016-08-24 09:38 PM

Love your title and how that line plays out in your poem. You never disappoint soul drifter and it does my heart good every time I read you.

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