"Whippoorwills...

Abstractions are as we make them?  ...find them?  ...live them?  Yes... they are.

“Whippoorwills…”

 

We can

deal

in abstractions -

all our existence

...and THAT is ok...

but sometimes I want to

hold,

and touch,

and FEEL

and hear

and see

and breathe,

and

shake - react - SQUEEZE

...life.

 

Sometimes I want

- I want e v e r y t h i n g.

And sometimes just lil things…

and then others - it’s nothing -

nothing at all.

But that is me and my being

real.  That’s life as it is -

what and how we know.

 

Now I lay me

where your dreams don’t count

for it’s rosemary and scarlet

weighted clouds

and lightning’s arcs,

lavender’s touch and

sundrops and marionettes,

the taste of nickels’ and dimes’ choice

of flavors past and yet

then the pulpit symmetries that only last

‘til they …don’t.

And I wish the echoes…

well…

really I do

wish

the echoes …too.

 

Chris

 

 

Author's Note

Feel free

Reviews

[Frieda P]

I always 'FEEL' your thoughts dear Chris...an amazing piece, woke me right up!

it’s rosemary and scarlet
weighted clouds
and lightning’s arcs,
lavender’s touch and
sundrops and marionettes

Gorgeous....

[sharonlee]

Me too. Life has a wicked sense of humor, don't you think... or is it just my perception of life?

[Emily B]

always the echoes and the love of your poet heart

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Your verses are always so full of poignant emotional flow.

[Chris]

Thanks dale... glad you paused.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Always a pleasure Chris.

[Lyn Anderson]

Your writing flows so easily from dark to light and back again. Beautiful.