douglas Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Today I found myself lost Sitting upon a large expanse of groomed green lawn Enclosed on either side by the grand ivory arms of Victorian architecture In the distance Beyond the trees the sea Turbulent and indigo Smashing away toward a smudged and foreign horizon Heavy clouds above Imposing Shape-shifting Cold and grey The messengers of transience and impermanence And I thought of the mountain Of familiar places Feeling an unwanted coolness clutching at me Fading dreams and dying passions Like broken strings of pearls Scattering onto marble floors And a fatigue slithered through my mind Poisoning my muscles Strangling what remains of my youth I must escape these constructs and impositions These insidious tendrils of expectation and judgement Growing like suffocating ivy out of the mouths and eyes Of so many encircling my life It is time to choose freedom To fall into rhythm with synchronicity It is again time for bare feet and soft sand For sensuality, silences and happiness Quote To receive love, you have to give it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Douglas, As it is. Off the cushion and into the street- It takes a special person to wrestle in the mud and come up holding hope. Nice! DC&J Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen M. Callirhoe Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 such passionate dwelling on thoughts that flash so quickly in the mind set just by a vision of one sight or several things one sees. you show sheer beauty and eloquence in your words. hard not to see a very beautiful soul insideour words displayed so perectly timed when reading your reflections. thank you!!!! victor Quote Larsen M. Callirhoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aleksandra Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I can picture London, out of your poem. :). My dear, Douglas, how much I missed you. I hope you are fine, and that you have settle down, somewhere in the world. It's great that you have what to share with us. I am happy to see you, and to read from you ;). Aleksandra Quote The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth - Jean Cocteau History of Macedonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I really liked the "smudged and foreign horizon" and the "messengers of transience and impermanence." I picture you there, Douglas, thoughts drifting back to "the mountain" ... the one in Cape Town. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Hi Douglas, This is really quite beautiful. I especially loved And a fatigue slithered through my mind Poisoning my muscles Strangling what remains of my youth Great writing. ~~Tink Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen M. Callirhoe Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 just rereading this my friend... sheer poetic beauty in your words. everytime i see someone i know post a poem especially one written like this i see beautiful people writing beautiful things expressing themselves wondefully. the imageryry here draws me like a magnet wishing i could take in all that you sho00w0ed us in your visions of granduer. i to want to be there with you and here your words talking to me as though we were in our own world about what you see (saw). your words are poetry. much enjoyed. i could read about the imagery here everyday for hours. victor Quote Larsen M. Callirhoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 thank you all so much for your amazing feedback! i really appreciate all of your words... Quote To receive love, you have to give it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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