In the Quiet, I often hear
whistling whispers of stifled peace
to know, to have seen - through
to taste and have been served
a plateful, for a life: full
of youthful blunder or silver haired bluster.
I, dance with the glistening pearls
within a pocketful of hurricane shells
handful sized twisters, jostling
gushing waves of murky - Seabed truths
into forefront strands of pinprick thoughts
musings, of yesteryear haunts
of friends
scintillating conversations intertwined
with bitter frustrations
to, happenstance gifted scenes
of life-affirming Spring blossoms
within Winter’s tailwinds
of she, such beauty wrapped in effortless grace
as aching fingers yearn
for one more - once more: of everything, once mistaken for certain
to have it returned with those parting clouds
that herald - an end to monsoon seasons, beckoning
a landing strip of Sunshine warmth in forgiveness’ arms
of dreams, whimpering in corners
carpeted with unjust failures
lost - amongst life’s: coiled corridors.
A thread tugs, at ashen lips
as despair’s crusts - melt away
with a quick sip of sugared comforts
as tired bleak reverie - swivels
to those sweet remnants
of all the good bestowed - by all the givers
who tattooed and armed this unworthy heart
with strength enough, to keep on smiling
lost - in those echoes: of youth’s harvested mementos.
© L. B. Mek
August 2020
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Comments7
Beautifully written, second stanza I enjoyed reading the best! Love life 's reflection in your eyes!
thank you for the encouraging comment, I agree the 2nd stanza is the most poetically ambitious and its last two lines are one of my favourites
Eloquent and absorbing use of our lovely language so well expressed in the pearl of a write. I enjoy anything you write - not only poems but also your comments.
Wow, I am so grateful, firstly to have found your writing and discovered a source for easing some of the dreary out of life's monotonous elements, but secondly: to have you be so kind and supportive towards this meagre efforts I pen,
thank you!
A wonderful write LB. The second verse is so life affirming.
Andy
I'm glad you thought that, although this is a little bleak - at parts and a little too direct - at parts, ultimately I see it as a contemplative musing on a sustainable modus vivendi: to our time between those blinks of life,
thanks for the support Andy
I enjoyed it very much. Very Positive.
thank you
Indeed sir, you have a magic pen ... and elegance your forte ....
.... Neville
if it aint enough you go around sweet talking all those ladies, now you're gona try and make a grown-ass man blush...
thank you my friend!
........... and welcome you are too
Beautifully put this longing to live love all over again.
thank you, so glad you liked it
I popped back here to take a peek and stayed for longer than I had anticipated .... some might say I was loitering .. I would rather suggest it was a linger .... still beautifully crafted and otherwise timeless ...
Neville
a personal favourite as well, so glad you found it worthy of another read
thank you my friend!
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