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RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

0 posted 2005-01-18 09:38 PM

In the past few weeks, I suppose, all of us have been impacted by the scenes. Perhaps to numbness....

Tsunami

Through cataracted eyes swollen
Leaking unbelief in buckets filled
Of sea foam kissed red cells
Matrimonially alluring... violent
Wave borne fists pounding
Clamshell to beach powder white
Death gulls gluttoned
Under a carrion sun circling
Shipwrecked lunar mourning at
Bedded horizon praying; this
blinking stepchild’s telling of
handcuffed innocence dying at birth.

Robert

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2005-01-18 09:46 PM

Matrimonially alluring... violent

~*~

That you caught the onslaught of it
so well
tells me that you've always been
a watcher of life.

RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

2 posted 2005-01-18 09:51 PM

I'm on the sidelines.....not always cheering though.......

Snow

Senior Member

since 2000-10-16

Posts 1170
desert flower looking for rain

3 posted 2005-01-18 10:42 PM

sometimes, there's not much to cheer about.

i admire the way this was written, Robert.
there are words in here in places that i
just wouldn't have thought to use and i like
that a lot.

"so I wait for you like a lonely house
till you will see me again and live in me.
Till then my windows ache"
p.neruda

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

4 posted 2005-01-18 11:05 PM

the ending really grabbed my heart -

Susan

If I wander far enough, long enough, will I finally know . . .

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2005-01-19 01:03 AM

You have captured the results very intensely.

....jo

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

6 posted 2005-01-19 05:34 AM

somehow, I had a feeling you would pop up

good to see you Robert

RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

7 posted 2005-01-19 04:26 PM

Snow, Susan, iliana, PS and sunshine I thank all of you for taking time to read and comment on this quite inadequate piece.

Daniel J D
Senior Member

since 2000-10-01

Posts 1471
Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia

8 posted 2005-01-19 05:40 PM

A good read

Respond to my call and let the waves of my heart fill your life with the wonders of love
(Daniel J D)

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

9 posted 2005-01-20 09:59 AM

*vivid imagery*
highlighting the glaring real nightmare of that day

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

10 posted 2005-01-20 10:26 AM

this wa indeed all of the comments above and more...you've captured the rage of mother nature provoked by some underwater misfortune...very much enjoyed....

RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

11 posted 2005-01-20 05:40 PM

I very much appreciate your reading and commenting midnitesun and LeeJ.

Thank you

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

12 posted 2005-01-20 07:37 PM

Hey, Robert!

I see you haven't lost your style! Well done, old friend!

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

13 posted 2005-01-20 07:41 PM

RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

14 posted 2005-01-20 08:49 PM

ahhh Denise.....I thank you my "young" friend.

Vandana......:-}

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