Sorrow Adrift: My very First (Non-Steemit-Comp) Poem
I am standing on the shore my darling. Do you see me?
Should I swim to you so we can tread water together?
Or should I continue to stand guard, and simply watch over you?
photo I took of my favoutite installation at this years Cockatoo Island, 20th Biennale Exhibition - Artist- Chiharu Shiota
I am here for you my love.
Allow your grief to wash over you.
Swim in it, bathe in it. Immerse yourself if you need, and sink into it.
Allow its weight to hold you, envelop you, as you rest in its arms.
A melancholic, embracing, constricting, anguish.
Sinking, wrapped and entwined below the surface.
I will keep watch as the surface settles.
Watching with a hyper-vigilance, as you become one with your reverent vigil.
Hold on to your tender heart, and please my love hold your breath.
Hold your breath in that moment.
That eternal moment that only the bereft know.
The foreverness that resides in each passing moment.
As the world above the surface continues to hum, and the sun continues on its daily path, hold onto your moment and hold strong.
Allow the vastness of the ocean to cradle your sadness, enshroud your pain.
Feel its weight encase you, caress you.
Give yourself to it and sink ever further.
Take refuge in its depths, but please, please my love, do not drown.
Hear me my darling one.
Take your time, acknowledge your sorrows.
I am right here waiting,
I will swim to you if you let me.
We can float and tread water, the two of us for as long as you need.
Swim back to me my sweet, float back to me and I will pull you from your sea of longing.
If you sink further, I will dive to the murkiest of depths and bring you back.
I will warm you, and sit with you in the sun for as long as it takes to thaw your heavy heart.
When you are ready you can open your eyes again, and together we can gaze upon what is left for us up here on the surface.
Until then my sweet.
I beg you, please promise me this.
Keep holding your breath, hold it and don't you dare let go.
And in return I will stand guard over you.
I will guard you for the rest of my days,
and when I know you can not return, I will come to you.
If you will it, I will come to you.
I will join you.
I will sink with you.
I will hold you like the ocean, and together it can claim our hearts.
For my heart will only beat in time with yours,
alone it does not fire.
For don't you know? The surface, I maintain it only for you. Without you it holds nothing for me.
words and mix medium portrait by @girlbeforemirror
Thank you! Your beautiful poem makes me think of Not Waving, but Drowning, only this time somebody heard.
Thank you. It's actually my first, non-steem-comp poem. I'm not very confident that I write anything of worth just yet.
I really relate to the sentiment of you piece- "It's Only a Wordpress Poem" - brilliant.
I really felt that bus vibe too, I've definitely taken that ride before.
I checked out Stevie Smiths poem, Its lovely. I have only just begun reading poetry, I really haven't before.
It's Only a Wordpress Poem - reminds me of Bob Dylan's spoken word tracks. Your relatable everyday commentary style is the kind of poetry I would like to read and eventually write.
If you have any suggestions for reading I would be most grateful. I look forward to following your posts.
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
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I've finally got around to writing about TSELiot:
https://steemit.com/poetry/@richardjuckes/why-i-don-t-like-t-s-eliot
You're writing is of tremendous value!
re: It's Only a Wordpress Poem ... you know it's just a re-working of the Beatles' It's Only a Northern Song? I suppose that makes it a kind of a found poem. And very Dylan-era.
I couldn't possibly recommend anything for you to read, your writing is so strong. But for me, one milestone was realising that I didn't like TSEliott, and why, and then there was finding The Last Ringbearer (PDF), which made me think of Tolkien as "fake" fiction.
Hi
I just spotted your new tag - justapoem. I love it! I can't seem to be able to initiate a comment on my phone, I can only respond, so am writing here.
It is humble yet bold. Undressing the post and allowing the words to speak for themselves without embellishments. I really like it 👍
I use images in my poetry because I don't believe my writing is strong enough to stand alone. I aspire to use your tag in the future. strip away all the decorations that compensate and try to apply a more disciplined approach to words.
Thank you
Your writing is wonderful! And so is your art, and the poems and the drawings so obviously belong together. But in many cases the photos seem to be just padding, and when they come in the middle of a poem ... Well, anyway: Did you read the poem I mentioned?
https://steemit.com/poem/@hammeravgud/hard-light