Vespertine
To return to the
ageing skin
Feel summers waning amber, a
listless agonic warmth,
parchment dry, paper thin.
What is this thing inside a head
that says “write everything down” ?
We will all pass away,
chosen or not,
head up, or eyes downcast.
Become new-found objects,
as relics of a past.
26 letters cannot be changed
26 letters that neither delay,
nor deny, the tide.
Toll after tolls
Waiting to go, or stop.
There is nothing else.
My lost soul begs
to differ,
my lost self
looks for better.
Lots of different poems on the bus every week.Everybody and anybody can get on this bus and say what they like. How exciting is that? So many different minds and ideas, so many different lives all on the same bus. You never know who will sit next to you on a bus.
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23 comments:
Sorry nearly missed picking you up for the bus as I was in the middle of a rant about The Black Swan!
I really like the journey and the questioning in this poem and the aspirational ending of it.
My God, but you're in a cheerful mood today.
Actually, a very good analysis of mortality and the need to be remembered. Some great images
Twenty-six letters that can't be changed .. paying toll after toll ~ reality can bite! I enjoyed your amber hued view.
Perhaps your lost self should stow away with Peter & all the rich folk...
Thank you for teaching me today's new word.
a slightly sad one here - but a warm (or at least emotional) reflection on amber-ness all the same
Ooh, that's good. I like the softness of the melancholy of the meditation. And it's like a brother to the poem what I wrote. Except better, damn you.
You must tell me where you get those amber tinted spectacles. Great stuff.
I really like your piece here!
'agonic' is great. thanks.
The letters can be changed, they can! I'm sure of it. I'm feeling all shivery about the long future now. Will I be able to let go? Thought-provoking pome, maestro!
Don't stay lost too long, TFE! Won't do your poetry any good.
"Waning amber and agonic warmth" - I really feel this, Peadar. Lovely treatment.
Kat
Haven't seen The Black Swan, Socks. Should I ? Great driveling thankslo!
I'm H.A.P.P.Y I'm H.A.P.P.Y I know IO am I'm sure I am I'm H.A.P.P.Y.
THanks Pedro!
THank you Helen.
I think yopu might be right Mrs Bug!
Niamh if the new word is agonic it's new to me too. I was checking how to spell ageing/aging and came across it and stuck it in!
Thanks Titus, but I beg to differ!
Specsavers Dave :)
Thanks Izzy agonic is great, I must learn to use it!
Thanks NanU, I likes that!
I'm forever lost (hopefully)Lucy!
And you may be right! THanks too.
Thanklee Kato!
I know the feeling well - I feel the importance of not only writing it down but leaving it somewhere where others can find it before I start pushing up daisies. Maybe I'll drop it off at the library. Then I'll check with them a week or so later and they'll remind me of where the recycled paper bin is. Excellent and thoughtful ticket you have presented to our bus driver!
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