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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2004-06-04 03:56 AM

When the good times have gone away
and you ask of the need to pray,
a hole appears somewhere just there
in the approximate middle of soul.

It may be unbalanced, un-centred in life,
but water collects, lies stagnant as dead,
and gathers disposable non-essentials
till it no longer can green the fields.

And when you’re awake and waiting
for a visitor, taxi, bus, train,
it’s cold that you feel somewhere just there
in the approximate middle of heart.

It may be a ruse to make you believe
it’s winter and has to be cold
but the jacket you grab, too small, too short,
is missing the comfort of arms.

Approximately there, somewhere just there,
is a spark beginning to flame
and the wind far away is growing a gale
and advancing towards the hole.

When the good times have gone away,
approximately there, somewhere just there,
in the middle, back, front, of a brain
is a wave and a smile to say, “I’m alive” –
and that’s the end of this tale!

Helen / 4 June 2004

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

1 posted 2004-06-04 04:05 AM

Honeybunch, I find your poems so life-affirming and uplifting. This was another one of those......enjoyed. I could visualize you pointing to the various parts of your body very easily and liked that repetition throughout the write.

....jo

MGROVES

Member Elite

since 2004-02-01

Posts 3802
california

2 posted 2004-06-04 04:13 AM

i enjoyed this very much. good write

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2004-06-04 04:14 AM

Thanks so much, jo, but I'll let you into a little secret - I often have to re-read what I've written to keep myself on track and it sometimes doesn't work.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2004-06-04 04:16 AM

Thank you, MCGROVES! I do very much appreciate you reading and commenting.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2004-06-04 05:24 AM

yes...I enjoyed this piece too

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

6 posted 2004-06-04 10:53 AM

Wonderful poem. Enjoyed.

JL

She said: ”You look cute in the dark.”

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

7 posted 2004-06-04 05:21 PM

Reading your work, for me, is always a special treat. Thank you!

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