| Letters and Diary Poetry posted February 9, 2016 |
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free verse
Absolute
by michaelcahill
YES, OF COURSE, HER
Absolute
I was so young
perhaps a dandelion
though it is slight--
it falls to pieces
and goes …
somewhere,
it intrigues
a daisy then,
mistreated
petals dipped
in inkwells
we are young
and fickle
indecisive without
conviction
a rose--
screaming red
dripping with dew
upon my tongue
yes
yes
and another
still one more
over there
redder still
all the while I notice the sky …
it remains always
some shade of blue
sometimes filled with clouds--
they play
they teach
they seem to reach
for somewhere
I wish to also go,
and color seems to matter in the sky
…but light leaves
taking the color casually away
I take all of this with me
to sea,
for it is blue
I seek,
for once I embraced
her
on a sandy beach,
the sky and sea conversed
out there
and the whispers reached me
but just echoes
of a promise
I’m adrift now
no land in view
dandelions remembered
daisies too
a single rose alone
a black silhouette
clouds have parted ways
as light probes
seeking exactly
the right hue
finally … finally
I find
the color
I once shared
the deepest
darkest
perfect
blue
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Absolute I was so young perhaps a dandelion though it is slight-- it falls to pieces and goes … somewhere, it intrigues a daisy then, mistreated petals dipped in inkwells we are young and fickle indecisive without conviction a rose-- screaming red dripping with dew upon my tongue yes yes and another still one more over there redder still all the while I notice the sky … it remains always some shade of blue sometimes filled with clouds-- they play they teach they seem to reach for somewhere I wish to also go, and color seems to matter in the sky …but light leaves taking the color casually away I take all of this with me to sea, for it is blue I seek, for once I embraced her on a sandy beach, the sky and sea conversed out there and the whispers reached me but just echoes of a promise I’m adrift now no land in view dandelions remembered daisies too a single rose alone a black silhouette clouds have parted ways as light probes seeking exactly the right hue finally … finally I find the color I once shared the deepest darkest perfect blue |
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