Betweeness.
Between yesterday
and tomorrow there lies the display
of today's fresh bounty
readily able to take a chance
knowing fate brooks no need for delay.
Between solemn
grey nowness and yonder's infinity
distant shores tantalize
where frustration's resistance
obtains no chances to furnish relief.
Between waking
and sleeping there exists somewhere
of rarely dreamed freedom,
an oasis where lonely people
find space to hope one day for care.
Between heaven
and paradise lies the state of wonder
for solo dreamers who yearn
to experience before long pure
bliss with the feel of really belonging.
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Author:
Fay Slimm. (
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Good write Fay.
Many thanks Orchi.
That's me that is!
After reading goldfinches piece today and responding positively i feel that you have composed this super piece in sympathy to our positive outlook upon each new days adventure opportunity.
So well written and enjoyable.
There's a lot to be said for being single in later years if one is of a positive disposition. I have never experienced the lasting togetherness of a true soul mate and no longer care to contemplate a half way house. Indeed i wonder were I in such a relationship of convenience for the latter half of life would i have the freedom of mind to write poetry. I would feel somewhat unfufilled. Just an expression of thoughts upon the condition which sits, for me, between the lines of your words today.
One of the wonders of mps is that other's words can take you to self expression hitherto unspoken i find.
Your thoughtful comment after reading Betweeness is gratefully welcome dear friend - we all live in circumstances that differ and I agree that poetic words can induce self-expression which before is unspoken - thank you again D.A. for your generous encouragement to poets like me
this is quite simply but one of the reasons I fell in love with this most beautiful of art forms .....
What a generous comment and I thank you immensely....................x
Even though have been together with my loved one for most of my life, I am coming to terms with the wonder of being alone, with the occasional lapses into my wonderful memories with my loved one.
Wonderful words once again Fay.
Andy
I am so grateful that my few words rang a bell with you Andy - - memories can mean so much when we need them.
ANGELA HERE - Love this FAY - Whether one is single or with Partner one has always to CARPE DIEM cos there are always opportunities to be grasped ! Between - Yesterday & Tomorrow - Solemn & Grey nowness - Waking & Sleeping & Heaven & Paradise ! You just have to be awake enough to grasp ! Thought provoking - thanks for sharing !
Blessings & Love - Joy - Peace
Angela - Brian & Smokey 💛💛💛
Please check *BRIDGES* Thanks !
Your comments dear Angela always show a fine understanding of reasons for subjects as dealt with by poetry - thank you sincerely for your time and effort in reading and reviewing my humble efforts.
Great write dear Fay
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