A “Take-Off”
Poem
a day comes not in
every life but it did in mine
without warning you
“took off” it was a single action
with many
consequences unexpected unexplained
for the life of me i
have no idea why ... we all have our reasons
if we are honest and
you must have had your's when not feeling well
and have no idea
what was wrong behavior can be strange
still i wonder was
it expectations unmet simply cleaning house
before the winter
chill set in life is so full of mystery
and sometimes the
actions of others just remain strange.....no explanations
what is behind it
all was it something you had planned
or a tactical
error which only made sense from your vantage point
a day to
remember still only a moment in the whole scheme of things
i would like to
tuck it into a little velvet pouch put it away
scrub my brain never
think of it again some things best forgotten
April 27, 2016
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Open
open heart open to
others open mind
new ideas new
sounds new tastes
open in every way to the world around me open to becoming unstuck
dissolving the
glue that holds me fear keeps me from the experiences
that make the world
rich the letter arrives open it
takes my breath
away it is fear afraid to try something new
something a little
bit scary the phone rings fear again
turns my blood
cold your voice on the line a knock at the door
i open it you
chase my fears away no longer afraid
light floods in i
am released from old fears welcome fellow travelers
April 27, 2016
8 comments:
Life is indeed full of mystery. New thoughts, old memories, new doors, and discoveries. We live life and see it through our eyes, our perspective is different from others, and in the end it may lead to a crossroad of emotions.
Change is either a challenge or a blessing!
I especially love your poem about openness.........sometimes we have to overcome our fears and just plunge in.........two wonderful poems, Annell.
Both poems are so wise and profound!!
I really liked both of them. I see second as a progression of the first... and how there is a change with the new openings and how there are still fears but eventually, there will be a release from all of that as we welcome new things in life.
-HA
"dissolving the glue that holds me fear" Love the opening in the middle here! The poem helps me feel the dissolve and relief of the knock on the door.
i feel the relief in 'no longer afraid' and flooding of light...
You have the biggest most open heart - and we are lucky yo share your travels..i love how the imagery also reflects your art - and that velvet pouch - we all need one of those..
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