next

the clouds
embrace the hills
like brazen quilts
exhausted by
the night before
of passion and
impatient lust

 

a vixen crosses
the road
afore me
as I wander
the Dodder Bank
she stops
sizes me up
then wanders on
unimpressed

 

my feet shuffle
like the child
I was and am
through yellow,
rusty,
faint green
leaves
and whirly seeds of
linden trees

 

where am I going
I ask myself
midst all
this life
do I need a purpose
to keep going
this tragic
pain-filled
beauteous
way

 

who am I
to answer thus

 

a blue grey crane
lifts
legs lazy
dangling
dripping
wet

 

I know him
he knows me
as sharing
this river
we live
our own lives
as we wait
wonder
worry
what befalls us
next





Poetry by Peter Humphreys
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Written on 2012-11-01 at 15:47

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kath
Yes, we live we wonder about, and are besiged by life and it's mysteries for ever unsolved and yet at times seeming so simple...the love, the beauty it contents...and also the sadness and cruelty .. still at the end of the day it seems love is what prevails ... or so wish it to be .... life hope

I really like your poems!

All my best.
Katherine
2012-11-18


Morning Star
Wonderful poem and beautifully written.

I love the thread of uncertainty and yet there feels a sense of acceptance towards the end, liked the crane, for who we are and, perhaps, acceptance for the path that is less traveled.

(My interpretation at least.)

Lovely poem and I so enjoyed reading it.
Thanks for sharing.
2012-11-03


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
I've walked littorals like this many times and found them to be where my thoughts more intensely focus than anywhere else. You describe them beautifully in a rythm that feels like those aimless walks.

Joe
2012-11-01


countryfog
May "next" be more days such as this, so beautifully and completely entered into and vividly described and lived. Wherever your "there" is I envy you having it.
2012-11-01