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Open Poetry #33

Turn, turn around

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2004-09-02 09:26 AM

“Unless you become as a little child …”
and so it was then when I turned around
and walked way on back
through misty recalls
into the mysterious
unconscious mind.

A bed in the corner covered in blue,
drapes at the window caught in a breeze,
guided and led like a dog for the blind
to an open porthole of soul
and a glorious view of the sea.

Reflective of you the sea came and went
and sunk into the sand the essence of time
there to await mature awareness
grown from confusion and bitterness.

And a little child kicked at the sand
showing anger at sea for daring to break
the walls of a castle so carefully built
by the hand’s of life’s cruelty
and there arose from within
a bitter taste of revenge.

And so it was then till I turned around
and found in my eyes a lifetime of tears
stored and preserved to bring back again
the essential essence of time
meant to refresh and cleanse the feet
of an adult grown from a child.

Turn, turn around, from childhood to youth
and the intensely personal need of release
to the calm acceptance of age
frayed at the edges by a yearning desire
to resuscitate the thrills of the young.

But I turned around, too far around,
to begin from the beginning again
and if I let go of love found one day
the sea will be me and I’ll drift away
from the essential essence of time.

Turn, turn around, please turn around,
and walk with me into time
together to build a new spirit life
on the level reserved for young love!

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

1 posted 2004-09-02 10:18 AM

Helen, this strikes a chord within me.
Thank you so much for sharing such a gift!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

2 posted 2004-09-02 02:55 PM

Hi, Decaflame. Thanks so much for the read. I'm not sure where it came from but ... I take responsibility for it.

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