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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2005-09-11 04:51 PM

“Believe in me, believe in me”,
sings a man on the rocks with a rod
while I wait a the end of his line
for the swing, slam, dunk,
of happiness, love.

If thoughts alone could fill up his pot,
I’d think myself happy when not
and might even pray in the spray
of life as it is today … but
another good swing, slam, dunk,
and the fisherman on the rocks with his rod
falls asleep as quick as you please.

I think of my needs and desires.
Yes, miracles would be “nice”
because “Pull me up, pull me up,
I’ve found something real”
banned from the dream
the fisherman dreams
when he’s asleep, you see?

So, there follows a gulp and a gurgle
from under the raging sea
and I, the fisherman’s only hope
of being satisfied
sinks and sinks until heaven blinks
and, wham, I’m back on the rocks
with a fisherman and his rod.

I am the way and the means
of filling his empty feel
but swing, slam, dunk, and I must be love
because nobody thinks about love.

So, there follows a gulp and a gurgle
and I believe it is only me
in the sea, the sea, of all I can feel
when the fisherman sleeps.

Does he dream of being under the sea
and how he would maybe feel
if he looked through the eyes
of a woman like me?

Helen / 11 September 2005

Angelheart
Senior Member

since 2005-09-08

Posts 754
Jacksonville,FL USA

1 posted 2005-09-11 06:00 PM

This is the kind of poetry that I like. Thanks for sharing. I hope maybe with that fisherman that you were thinking about that maybe you two could make it together in some possible way ..very poetic, the poem that is...

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2005-09-11 11:51 PM

Helen...being a woman who loves to fish, this one made me smile.

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

3 posted 2005-09-12 12:17 PM

"So, there follows a gulp and a gurgle
and I believe it is only me
in the sea, the sea, of all I can feel
when the fisherman sleeps."

Helen....understanding this. I think I nearly drowned in that sea several years ago. And to tell the truth, I wouldn't guaranty that even though I'm okay now...if that "fisherman" quit sleeping...I'd probably start gulping for air again! Loved this poem.

.....jo

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2005-09-12 12:18 PM

Thanks, Angelheart. "some possible way" would be a miracle - do you believe in miracles in life as it is today?

Martie - I'm so glad it made you smile. If I were to fish and look into the eyes I've no doubt that I would cry. That's just me and not to say I've got any problem with fishing or a day in the sun.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2005-09-12 12:24 PM

Hi, Jo - And you and I both breathe real air today but wouldn't it be "nice" to always breathe in miracles - gurgles and gulps aside? Sigh!

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