Open Poetry #21 |
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Conversation at Artists Rock |
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bags123 Member
since 2002-06-06
Posts 128 |
Conversation at Artists Rock As a child I played on forested domes and rocky crags oblivious to panoramic vista stretching under my sneakered feet My senses of course, were niave native to this land for generations never suspecting the whole world wasn't a paradise 40 years ago at this very spot I spoke with my father he's gone now these many years still our voices linger at Artists Rock. "Daddy... why do they call this place Artists Rock"? "Well son... I reckon it's cause them artist fellas come up here to get inspired". "Daddy... Why come way up here? Can't they get that where they live"? "No son... I guess it's hard to come by in the city". "Daddy... they hike way up here just to get perspired? Shoot Daddy, you could sell'em some of yours for a quarter". "HA!!!...yes indeed, I could son, worth every penny too. Prob'ly do'em good to smell some honest sweat! No boy,... I'm talk'en INSPIRE, not perspire". "You see son... when a person removes hiself from nature it kinda leaves him behind too. Artists come way up here hope'n to remember how it feels again". "Don't make no sense to me why anybody'd leave I can't pretend to ponder the where-with-all of it. They just forgot how to see through the eyes of God". "Daddy... Can I see through the eyes of God"? "Not yet son... But I hope someday when you're a man they'll be wide open for you". So now I'm sitting here 40 years later Remembering Dad Simple man that he was waiting for the eyes of God to open for me. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Bags123, A very nice write and I really enjoyed the read. |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
This is so very special, Bags... I bet your Dad was too! ![]() Lyra |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Your Dad sounds a lot like my dad---enjoyed this alot...smiling at "can I look through the eyes of God"---that one line has so many implications. Beautiful. |
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Tiersdin Member Elite
since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364east coast |
Bags, you do have a way with words! This was a wonderful peek into your past and hopeful future. *smiles* ~R.T. "I shall never bond again, as I have bonded with you..." |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I like the way your mind works, and while my eyes wait to open to God, I shall be pleased if you would share some more... |
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bags123 Member
since 2002-06-06
Posts 128 |
Thank you all for your reads and heartfelt comments |
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