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SimplyGold
Senior Member

since 2002-07-10

Posts 1453

0 posted 2002-08-31 12:22 PM

For the Moment

Quietly she sat at the water's edge
  The water sang as it washed over the rocks
and settled in the sand

She placed her arms around her knees and
  bowed her head to rest.
With her eyes closed she imagined herself as a
  child
wrapped up in the arms of her father
  perfectly safe,
  perfectly secure.

That was so long ago.
  Now she lived in the moment
knowing that everything around her
  was temporary.
She understood that the world was a troubled
  place.
But, she also understood that while she
  was here she did not have to add to it.
  She had the power to make choices.

She listened to the surf
  as she took in deep breaths of the salty air.
She listened to the sea gulls
  and marveled at nature's ordered chaos.
Yes, peace is a temporary state, she thought,
  for without unrest nothing
would move forward.

Change must come at a price,
  and so it is.
She lifted her head
  and watched the clouds
as they moved against the blue of the sky.
  She knew then
everything would be O.K.

c2002SimplyGold

[This message has been edited by SimplyGold (08-31-2002 10:14 AM).]

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

1 posted 2002-08-31 01:07 AM

This poem is simply golden! I feel it, see it, smell it, hear it.......I'm there!

Love, Light & Laughter
Linda

SimplyGold
Senior Member

since 2002-07-10

Posts 1453

2 posted 2002-08-31 10:17 AM

Thank you Earth Angel,

If not you, who else could possibly?

SimplyGold

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

3 posted 2002-08-31 09:17 PM

Oh that salty air, Electra...
I really miss that in Michigan...
a truly lovely poem.

~ hugs from a salty east coast chipmunk

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

4 posted 2002-08-31 09:18 PM

Beautiful

Cold hands means a warm heart

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

5 posted 2002-08-31 09:43 PM

Very nicely done, I like your style and
the reflective nature of your poetry...

Made me think of a person standing, facing
the wind, hair blowing, eyes squinting..
looking into the horizon of a new world..

Thanx for this poem..

SimplyGold
Senior Member

since 2002-07-10

Posts 1453

6 posted 2002-08-31 09:47 PM

Dear Madame C and Loner,

You give yourselves away, I see that the East Coast is close to your hearts. The salty air, yes, only having been there can you really know.

Thank you so much for your feedback.

SimplyGold

SimplyGold
Senior Member

since 2002-07-10

Posts 1453

7 posted 2002-08-31 10:03 PM

Magnus,

Your imagery speaks to the hope that there are better tomorrows and of the extrodinary power we have to embrace change.

Thank you for bringing in this coupled vision, it brings flavor to this picture.

SimplyGold

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