An evergreen sheds its skin
Down foaming trails in a waterway.
They glide around, softly landing
On waves of white that never stay.
Through iron bars they differentiate
Between possibility and impermanence.
They bid farewell on a timely sail
That should be joyous but never is.
Flickering about like an oil lamp
In winded nights in a wretched haze,
Struggling to grasp similarity within
Discouragement and forgotten days.
To try and catch them, heavy walking
On the sidewalk, jumping cracks in the concrete;
Running faster, towards assurance
Of two things I know will never meet.
They disappear right past the shoreline
In inanition, pale and off; just destitute.
The charging stops to fall and weep
For some random petals that I never knew.
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Nicholas Browning (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Hello, hope you enjoy the read. Wrote this just now, just wanted to share it. Liven up the feed on the home page lmao
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Good write N. though I've got bit lost as to the theme of this. Sometimes me brain's is not too poetic! lol.
Then part of an Advent hymn: 'The iron fetters yield' - probably symbolic fetters and chains that we may have.
Ahhh yes, no worries. The theme being pine needles falling down into a river just off a path through a wooded area, and the person in the poem watching them float on that river down to a storm drain/drain pipe outlet. Ya know, those ones that are stuck in a small hillside usually that lead the water somewhere; which sometimes can be difficult to find the exit to lol. And yeah, that would be a nice title and working theme I'd say!
There'll be a lot of them Christmas pine tree needles floating about. I had an artificial tree, but the tinsel needles fell off it! lol.
Fine words Nicholas, life can be like that and just disappear into the forever.
Andy
Thank you very much Andy, very true.
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