Mirrored pool of Hermes

sorenbarrett

Lighting from a dry sky to the living eye, scrape marks left when we die
Letters fall in drops of words forming streams into puddles of nouns and verbs
Mirror reflections, what's left becomes right and what's right becomes wrong
In feather scratches on wooden pages dead thoughts are pushed along

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  • Salvia.S 🌹

    This piece is hauntingly lyrical and deeply evocative. Truly beautiful work!!!!

    • sorenbarrett

      Thank you Salvia for your review of this poem and your kind words of encouragement they are most appreciated

    • Priya Tomar

      Meloncholic tone.
      Spicy melody.
      wonderful creation !

      • sorenbarrett

        Thank you so much for the read and kind words of support. The meaning is in the letters Hermes bringer of writing, history and the arts

      • Jerry Reynolds

        Well said, soren.

        • sorenbarrett

          Thank you Jerry your words are most appreciated

        • Teddy.15

          I'd like to say a legacy was born. 🌹

          • sorenbarrett

            Thank you so much Teddy I appreciate your read and comment

          • Shaunmatthewcpoetry

            Great, enjoyed the flow of this.

            • sorenbarrett

              Thank you so much for your read and comment it is most appreciated

            • orchidee

              Good write SB.

              • sorenbarrett

                Thank you Orchi appreciate it

              • Friendship

                The poem touches on themes of memory, mortality, and the fluidity of meaning. It suggests that as individuals navigate life, the way they articulate their experiences—through language—can alter perceptions of right and wrong, as well as reality itself. Your poem aims to provoke thought about the relationship between language, memory, and identity, encouraging readers to reflect on how they communicate their own experiences and perceptions.

                • sorenbarrett

                  Thank you Friendship I deeply appreciate your interpretation that adds depth and meaning. I like that my friend

                • Tristan Robert Lange

                  That image of “letters fall in drops of words forming streams into puddles of nouns and verbs” caught me most. It’s vivid, almost tactile…language becoming liquid. Brilliant, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏

                  • sorenbarrett

                    Thank you Tristan for you read and kind words of encouragement they are always most appreciated my friend

                    • Tristan Robert Lange

                      You are most welcome, Soren!

                    • Keeter C

                      I guess in the end it’s all just words? Nice.

                      • sorenbarrett

                        Words are the majority of what we have to communicate with and someone invented them way back when then someone else got the bright idea of putting them into letters. Thanks so much for the read and kind WORDS

                      • arqios

                        This ripples with alchemy; lightning etching mortal traces, language liquefying into streams that both reveal and distort. What’s upright bends in the reflection, truth and falsehood trading places, while the delicate drag of a quill ferries the remnants of thought into the current, carrying them toward some unseen confluence.

                        • sorenbarrett

                          Guess I read too many of those mystical books Cryptic. Oh well there is always a grain of truth where myth lies. Thanks so much for the read and understanding words of interpretation they are appreciated.

                        • Goldfinch60

                          Very fine words soren.

                          Andy

                          • sorenbarrett

                            Thank you Andy I appreciate your read and comment

                          • NinjaGirl

                            I don't know how to explain that I really like it...so there it is.

                            • sorenbarrett

                              Thank you Ninjagirl for your read and kind words of encouragement

                            • Neville



                              Such exquisite ink my friend .. absolutely .. and not a drop of it wasted .. Neville

                              • sorenbarrett

                                Thank you Neville for the review and words of support



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