Change In Tides - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Kahlil
Senior Member

since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

0 posted 2003-04-25 01:14 AM

He wondered about the woman
With the dark look in her eyes
She looked so lost and so lonely
He wanted to bring her alive

She thought him curiously formal
Sensed him intrinsically wise
And when he held the door for her
She saw something in his eyes

They met in mid October
When a rainstorm was washing their world
She said, “I’ve been waiting to meet you”
He said, “I knew that we would”

She led him down to the river
Where the fishing boats ride out the tide
Rigging gently clanged on the boat masts
The stars came out in her eyes

“This is where I live”, she said
“Damn the rain! Please come aboard.”
His senses peaked at the sound of the key
In the lock of the galley door

She could feel his breath on the back of her neck
She sensed him very alive
And then when he held the door for her
She knew the look in his eyes

He made love to her down at the river
But a storm was beginning to blow
The riggings rang out their warnings
The wind carried away the gulls

She’d buried her wants and desires
Something inside of her had died
She stared out at the horizon, and
The darkness returned to her eyes

His senses were keen on the message
And the rain kept pouring down
He knew that a river that’s motionless
Signals the calm before the storm

They parted there at the river
And now he understands
Though she’s been here over and over
He’d held her heart in his hands

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

1 posted 2003-04-25 02:02 AM

This is a very beautiful poem,
even though it is sad to me.
Thanks for sharing.

Hugs,
Ethel

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

2 posted 2003-04-25 03:45 AM

I enjoyed your words so very much and I think we must have been on the same wave length as I've just posted a poem about lovers in a storm and gulls looking for shelter. I'll look forward to reading more of your words.

Take care......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2003-04-25 08:40 AM

Hauntingly sad,...yet very romantic and touching.
I really enjoyed this..I know it will stay with me all day.
Therefore I'm keeping it!
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Kahlil
Senior Member

since 2003-04-12

Posts 1881

4 posted 2003-04-25 08:51 AM

Thank you everyone! I grew up by a river and return often, anyway I can...

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant

since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

5 posted 2003-04-25 01:59 PM

Kahlil, this is truly beautiful, a lingering love story, so well written, that I pictured each scene as it played out on the screen. Wonderful writing, my friend.

Accept these small gifts from my gypsy heart ~~S~~

Justbleu
Member Elite

since 1999-08-31

Posts 3329
Oregon, Originally From Alaska :)

6 posted 2003-04-30 10:32 AM

This one really touched me.....
Enjoyed!!!!
Putting this little one in my library!!!!
Bridgette

"Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.