"And Now The Glaciers Melt..."

A Thursday Thought again

“And Now The Glaciers Melt…”

 

I remember Mission beach at sunsets… 

...and Virginia Beach... Beaufort,

the Atlantic City boardwalk…

and a world of other places - other times…

 

Norwegian fjords,

Rotterdam quays,

Rhodes, Cigle, Istanbul

Japan, England, Portugal…

 

Hands I’ve held

and those I couldn’t,

wishes and kisses -

given and taken.

 

H’lo’s and goodbyes,

People...mindshots of captured breaths

and so many, many faces.

All the sounds I missed and those I couldn’t.

 

I’ve lived and died by inches -

the hurts so deep God cried…

love so deep - I cried…

and days I made a difference.

 

Chris

 

Author's Note

Feel Free

Reviews

[Baby Ricochet]

Beautiful poem Chris. Some great imagery here

[Chris]

Walking the world is what we do...remember? Semper Fi

[Baby Ricochet]

For sure. Semper Fi

[Mark]

Encapsulated life. I particularly love the last stanza. It could stand by itself and still be amazing.

[Chris]

Hi Mark... I used to take overlapping pics to give a full panaramic view of castles, courtyards, and parklands I walked...and lands best forgotten too. I thought this one needed that view.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

This makes me think of "The Tattooed Map" by Barbara Hodgson. You've given us glimpses and glances of places you've been, things you've seen, and people you've known. I think there are more days when we've made a difference than we can ever know. A simple smile can lift one's spirit. A kind word can kill the cruelty of another. Your journey and your map are hidden within, but your poetry lends us the coordinates so that we might journey with you through the past.

Linda Marie

[Chris]

Sometimes it helps to know someone has really walked the places most just wonder about... and sometimes it IS good to know your own street isn't necessarily as lonely or empty as you thought it was a minute ago. Hi Linda Marie.

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Hello, Chris. I live in Virginia and have strolled the sands of Virginia Beach. I think I saw you there. :-)

[Chris]

by the lighthouse possibly...or out by the dunes. I remember the shops and traffic - chuckling here...

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

A little further and you would have reached the ocean. :-)

[Chris]

I sailed the ocean for a few years... chuckling here again. Learned to appreciate walking on passageway walls.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I’ve lived and died by inches -

the hurts so deep God cried…

love so deep - I cried…

and days I made a difference.


those lines, i wish i had written...

it's life's journey...the one the body and mind take..and the one the heart takes.

so different. yet so the same.

[Chris]

Thanks Jacob...I appreciate knowing you.

[Frieda P]

Your work always affects me Chris, you reach down inside of you and pull out emotions with such ease.

"the hurts so deep God cried"

That resonated in my bones.... war torn reminiscing of life and love's history.

[Enid Blake]

Visual - like a map of someones travels with those pins you stick in as markers. Map of your life woud be people's faces as those pins, dotted around your brain like those markers.
(This is the visual of what your poem conjured in my mind)

[Enid Blake]

...Now to go save those glaciers.... ;)

[Chris]

Good thoughts...many more places...many more faces and moments

[Chris]

and thanks for pausing Enid.

[Enid Blake]

Always a pleasure, always thought inspiring.... and I do love crossing the sea so effortlessly...:)

[David Scott]

It feels like a memory of memories...
The word nostalgia comes to mind as well.
So this is what the polished pebbles look like when the ice melts away?
Thank you for sharing your art today! Very enjoyable read.

[Larry Dyson]

making a difference feels very deeply...good on.Laury

[Chris]

thanks man...glad you're here today

[Felicity's Eve]

Very nostalgic write. Made me think of my travels through life that I've experienced so far, whether they be a fantastic adventure or a slave-like toil, and what the future holds. Since I have a birthday coming up, that theme really fits the intertwined joy and bittersweet of leaving another year and beginning the next...

[Chris]

I had just finished your and my own comment when I saw I had a review to hear. I'm glad it was you and hope to see you again. Take Care Nor.

[Felicity's Eve]

I'll definitely be back. :)

[Lydia Shutter]

Memories....sometimes they can make us smile...others they make us melancholy for what once was or what never could be. Well written poetry. Lydi**