'fare ye well' kind friends
When those accustomed to sidestepping
my languid shadow’s silhouette, find it missing
from their corner vision slipstream, let them whisper:
‘fare ye well - old friend
may the breeze, be gentle
where you dwell’.
Just once, without weighty hesitation
and their solemn faces decorated
by a tugging wink - of a smirking lip
as-if, in quirky jest
or steadfast refusal to surrender
to a gravelly throat’s: stuttering tremor.
A-far-to-early and dramatically - inked testimony
for a grateful heart’s scaffolding companions
immortalising, their heroic deeds of firefighting
my lifetime of scorched landmarks
to cultivate a Phoenix’s ambition: for a harvest
of skyscraper dreams.
Gratefully, I now bequeath these smudged letters
of a parting’s serenade
whistling my tune, to a deathless wind:
‘fare ye well - loyal friends
till our eternally bonded masts
sail again’.
© L. B. Mek
December 2019
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Encompassing a life of heroic duty, heartfelt care, disappointment and respect which all fall to being 'of the past' this reads as a coming to terms with the resting place of late years in our lives. And that which, for us all, shall follow.
Here is the result of a lifetimes teaching to lift one's mind in readied acceptance and wonder.
truly those who are by our sides in times of need, are heroic monuments to that driving force that keeps us striving: ever forward
thank you my friend, for yet another insightful and encouraging comment
The sense of on-going time echoes from your well chosen phrasing and flows with ease from line to line as friends have to whisper a bon-homied goodbye to scaffold adventures - - - I admire every which way you use words so rich in poetic intrigue my friend.
thank you, all those redrafts are made worthwhile when someone of your talent galvanises my enthusiasm with such a generous comment
a poem of epic stance if not of proportion... well executed sir and God speed for a safe and eventual return.....
yes indeed, a fine piece of literature with a historical flavour all wrapped in a poem .. what more can we ask....
you're too kind!
I find some older words have a more melodic aspect to their structure and hence work better at depicting the mood or tone of a poem
Very good words LB, may your Phoenix rise and become stronger and everlasting.
Andy
thank you Andy
Good write LB.
We may use 'fare well' to mean 'wish you well', not always meaning 'goodbye!'
exactly, thanks for highlighting the hopeful/positive tone I was aiming for
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