"17 Syllables..."

Two-for-one

"17 Syllables..."

I think it's the eyes

that give it away - yes, ...yes,

it is in the eyes.

Flecks and swirls ...that glow...

the way I couldn't breathe ...move...

and then ...gawd, she smiled.

Ever find your rainbow?

...right then ...right there... just like that!

Living, breathing ...light...

...and then... the eyes... pass.

They weren't looking for ...at... you ...

THAT look ...look...swept...past.

I tasted midnight

and the salt sea spray ...again,

and empty moonlight.

Dreams catch up with you

long, long after you let go

...and hurt just as much.

Chris

Author's Note

Feel free

two for one - remember? The italicized stands alone as the now... the other four were the "then" - and the six together make a statement... and yet each senryu speaks for itself.

Reviews

[Dhaye]

"Dreams catch up with you
long, long after you let go
...and hurt just as much."

I think the time I love the most is when I'm dreaming...because only in my dreams I can hold something impossible.
Thank you for the share.

[Chris]

sometimes - just by reaching - we share parts of ourselves only another can appreciate.

[Ruth]

Yes, they do..sometimes wonder if a dream is better had than not...so much thought, I feel unable to leave thoughts sometimes...there are no words that can do something as profound as this justice ...

[sharonlee]

I am yet to live my dream... and think now, I have left it too late. We all run out of time;

Beautiful haunting thoughts Chris.

[Chris]

...sometimes I almost think it is enough to have just HAD dreams to wish for - so few seem to have even that ...ya know?

[sharonlee]

Oh yes I know... indentured conformity, brainwashed by teachers leaders TV video games ... never realizing the pauses hold so much of life and living...

[Chris]

they get people running so hard just to stay behind and get lost in the crowds of melancholy and mediocrity...

[sharonlee]

Sadly that is so very true... but what can we do, other then what we do?