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Dreaming and Drowning
Contributed by
invierno
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Sunday, 16th April 2017 @ 08:02:12 AM in AEST
Topic:
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Wings of Dragonflies are magic,
so they seemed to me,
woven draw of waning light, prelude to night,
oh, blessed setting sun;
they zoom the room of earth,
flitting, smashing, shattering our unadorned sight
in brilliant hues, myriad shades,
light kissing my eyes alone;
here on edge of this perfect dimpled pond,
dragon rainbows winged,
inches over placid water in hum, thrum and skim.
Soft, satin soft,
a million insects, frogs....life,
chirping, burring in harmonized concert,
every player their own maestro heedless to the whole;
no silly humans here but me,
no first chair, the best...such foolishness
in blessed innocence unaddressed, left;
my pond, MY pond, a liquid ode to peace and life,
seeping in with love of all, my very skin breathing it,
pore to pore;
oh! seduction!
now, begging sleep to simply become,
embrace this bliss,
nature/'/s kiss even ever all the more.
Gossamer breath softly to life
by thought alone,
my comforter woven, spun
threaded contentment a spindle dance
as silly gold tossed in piles below,
trampled as nothing, comeuppance of fools,
for those Midas shiny hardened souls;
thence the nether land of dreams drew me weightless,
millions of grassy fingers,
whispering each,
Below in the pond, below, below,
see the real, leave this show..slip and slide below, below.
Donning the wet, open eyes breathed
new silence of mute delight
but, fast,
fright finds berth,
joy of a sudden still born in slushy slithers,
my humming concert (above?);
warmth, smiles, love
starved of air,
gone, all; not there,
fled in liquid wither.
Pang of alarm- a snapping turtle took my toe,
a stick of butter cut less show, gone-
while hard on heels,
pain on gurney wheels now,
a darting carp twice nip, nip to slip, slice away my ear.
Crawdads forming ranks, stirring dank
the rot of what I/'/ve left untended,
with beady eyes, black and hungry, clicking pincers all advance;
terror full blown now,
fear fed fear whilst drawing near
I fought in vain,
sought regain the grassy heaven left an eternity,
but a minute past,
this forever, stone like,
falling in powdered swirl of death.
Upon me as a wraith, a battled catfish,
torn finned, scarred as only harsh survival paints,
gurgled and burbled to my ear,
Welcome home, forget above, abandon love,
you saw and tasted what it means.
Ah, dear fool; both mechanic, tool,
this is home, and that the dream."
Copyright ©
invierno
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2017-04-16 08:02:12]
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Re: Dreaming and Drowning
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by softerware on
Sunday, 16th April 2017 @ 11:25:10 AM AEST
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An epic description (almost a fable) of falling beneath the seduction of another world. WELCOME HOME,FORGET ABOVE, ABANDON LOVE --the chant of the siren!
How much easier it seems to surrender than go back!
Picturesque visuals weave us an enchanted tapestry that carries us along like a road map, layer by layer.
A stunning reminder not to wander too far from what you know -- told by one who has learned too late his fate.
Did I mention I really like this?
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Re: Dreaming and Drowning
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by ming on
Sunday, 16th April 2017 @ 01:43:32 PM AEST
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Bravo! I love this from beginning to end. I took the journey you have writ as I did read. What more can we ask for?!
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Re: Dreaming and Drowning
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by JamesStockdale on
Monday, 17th April 2017 @ 02:44:22 PM AEST
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| You had me on the first stanza. Wow, this may be your best. And it got better from there. Very impressive write! |
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Re: Dreaming and Drowning
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by Former_Member on
Monday, 17th April 2017 @ 06:43:28 PM AEST
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| Very impressive. So much so, I stand in awe....or sit, (I/'/m sitting at the dining room table). ;) |
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Re: Dreaming and Drowning
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by unknown_utopia on
Tuesday, 18th April 2017 @ 12:40:56 AM AEST
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I stand and applaud
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Re: Dreaming and Drowning
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by RussellReinhardt on
Sunday, 23rd April 2017 @ 02:29:46 PM AEST
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Hello Boet
Again I/'/m late to to comment. But first how are you keeping? All good this side. Soft has probably said all one could say about this write. I want to agree with her on this one. Beautiful write and very artistic God bless
Greetings
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