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Crosswise Maneuvers
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Crosswise Maneuvers |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa 
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Far from the beach of paradise needs crosswise maneuvers adjacent to thought work silently like undersea currents in life’s push away from the straight. I can conjure a storm of internal trauma in attempts to compete with fate or stand as a woman confused by the wind as it howls today but the sea like me, a puppet, a pawn, in this ‘take it or leave it’ refrain that partners my humble footsteps over the rocks of a wish. Oh, the sun rises but I’m not empowered to plan my own search and rescue and there’s something wrong with a scene that depicts only bends and twists in the backbone and guts of the sea. If you listen you’ll hear a lone seagull cry, “Where, oh, where have all the fish gone?” and I’ll tell you now they’re preparing to hide from the sideways motions of tide but they’re not in a hurry like I am to escape from the death of a dream. And so falls the will of the mighty prey to the currents unseen and the straight forward “meant to be” turns away from paradise needs a broken and lost shell of the self tossed on the cross into destiny! Helen / 12 October 2005 |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
"to escape from the death of a dream." otherwise known as waking?  Much enjoyed this Helen.  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
this...is a brilliant write, Helen I would highlight my fave lines, but would have to highlight the entire write  thanks! am keeping this one  |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
sb - Nope - death of a dream is the realization that what was meant to be will not be - and one needs to escape from that somehow. Thanks for the read. Midnitesun - thank you so much for your kind comments. |
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