For Any Strega Passing By - 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!

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2003-12-13 02:38 PM

It is the time of year
when I feel the need
to put my soul in order,
to rearrange the clutter
and trim the fraying threads
of my emotions.

I patch the cracks in the thick walls
that keep me from attacks
by others' misguided forays
of attempted familiarity,
and burn the proper candles
to keep the amateurs away.

I am cold blooded
by my nature and upbringing;
I keep a decent distance
between me and the world,
but the Winter Solstice
is almost upon us
and I am compelled
to touch the naked earth,
to stand within the curl of time
at least a few moments every year.

This year it comes
a week this monday
just ‘fore 2 AM my local time,
still the shank of evening
for an old man past his prime
who doesn't get much sleep
most fitful nights.

It is this time of year,
each year,
that I recall the gift
received unwanted,
of being shown the door
to all a living man
could hope to understand,
all that and more,
and still survive the knowing.

For what it's worth
in all this time
I've kept the promise made,
though not then fully understood
before I could awaken,
and lived as best I could
trying to return to life
more than I had already taken.

©2003 by icebox

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

1 posted 2003-12-13 03:05 PM

we always try to give back more than we take

funny, this time of year...the winter solstice...where sun is far away from earth, I am distant, yet still trying to get in touch and pull myself together

but I think I am failing.

This poem made me think, dear IceyOne

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2003-12-13 03:50 PM

icebox
Good write, enjoyed the read.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

3 posted 2003-12-13 04:05 PM

Magical, flowing words . . . reaching out . . . leaves one a little curious but satisfied all the same.

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-12-13 05:53 PM

Oh gawd I love this!
Especially the last verse..sort of wraps it all up.
Well done!
Hugs~

~Let peace begin with me...

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2003-12-13 11:51 PM

"It is this time of year,
each year,
that I recall the gift
received unwanted,
of being shown the door
to all a living man
could hope to understand,
all that and more,
and still survive the knowing."

And perhaps so many times have asked "why"
because the knowing doesn't seem to change anything but they do say that if you keep something for seven years, you'll find a use for it. Maybe 7 lifetimes too, who knows?

Compliments of the season to you, dear icebox.

Helen

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

6 posted 2003-12-14 12:09 PM

icebox

"before I could awaken,
and lived as best I could
trying to return to life
more than I had already taken."

a noble goal and one we should all strive for. Hugs!

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