Open Poetry #31 |
Dark Horizon |
Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
A breath away could be light years yet I breathe and feel you near a presence or a memory, a dream or fantasy, and then the daylight turns to grey I recede perhaps to pray and watch the dark horizon run away with my today. Over yonder hill it hides between the rocks and trees in wait like a blackened thief for the dawning of new days. A trot, a run, a gallop; how swiftly passes day not sharp enough or sly enough to hold the night at bay. And an echo of my life filters soft in fading light no longer strong and fortified by dreams and fantasy to armour plate the brain against harsh reality. But enough and I arise the setting sun doesn’t cry but laughs in the face of night completely unafraid. How purposeless is fear yet how timidly I kneel and watch the dark horizon run away with my today! Helen |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
"How purposeless is fear" this is an amazing phrase full of hidden depths. Well done. Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Wow, Helen, you always have so many levels of feeling and thought within your writes. I enjoyed this one, and will come back for another read when tomorrow's morning light re-wakens my brain. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Helen~ The layers of this are meant to be read again and again~ Profoundly lovely~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Helen You are always so deep and sensitive...thank you for sharing that. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Helen, you always write straight from your heart -- and it's a beautiful one! ....jo |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
sad, but understood |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Thank you all so much for reading. Writing from the heart is perhaps easy enough - it's living from the heart that's more difficult for those that try. Here's to another day!! |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
"How purposeless is fear yet how timidly I kneel and watch the dark horizon run away with my today!" To be human is to know the place of fear. Well done my friend. |
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Grover Senior Member
since 2004-01-27
Posts 1967London, ON, Canada |
You're an excellent writer, Helen. This poem is great, as usual! |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
A very good write, Helen. Thank you for sharing it with us. |
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