Shipwrecked

Day 22 NaPoWriMo - a release.

Anchored to the deep the dark,

decaying with the years, 

your shipwrecked mind has rusted, 

with false wisdom of the yesteryear. 

It all changes you know, 

everything, 

in the everywhen. 

You may not notice the subtlety of change,

so give yourself a slap,

wake up, 

be alert,

be aware. 

It all changes you know. 

Release the anchor of your shipwrecked mind,

unleash the chains upon your soul,

come up for air 

breath it deep within your sodden hull 

then float, 

just float,

in the sea of equanimity.

Once and for all - let life be.

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

we can be a tenacious lot when thinking we have "it" right ...all tattered bruised and torn we refuse to let go ... i was tending my little bit of forest yesterday ... clearing some to the fallen trees and brush out .. the thickness of the humus there impressed me .. i didn't want to disturb it too much ..lots of creatures in there you know ... it occurs to me that filling ones lungs with air will float us ... but so will decay and bloating .. hmmmmmmm ... such joy in you "..float.." and "..let life be" .. my sight is easily filled with the sunrise this morning and now my soul has a filling .. love and peace KWP!
E.

[KWP]

Hey you - great to see you hear as always - thanks for the jaunt in the forest with you yesterday - made me think of how the weather is cooling here and yes out in the forest breathing very deep seems like a most perfect point in time to me - I was there you know, right with you :D

love and peace right back E XXX

[Einstein Noodle]

(((((((((((KWP))))))))))) :)

[KWP]

i just realised I spelt here wrong - oh man - hate it when people do that - I'm cringing right about now - don't know what I was thinking ...

[Einstein Noodle]

of course i knew what you meant ..and i am like you...i edit my reviews all the time ... because i misspell and reverse lettesr all the time ... er... letters i mean! ;}

[Ghost]

Change happens whether your paying attention or not.. I like the way your words flow in such straight forward lines.. Thank you for sharing.

[Poetic Beauty]

Anchored mind is a great description and I love the way you use this throughout to convey your thoughts in this piece. Great imagery woven from the first line to the last.

[Davidgeo]

Subtly is a funny thing. Relativity rules us completely ... in empty space, movement is impossible to gauge. In empty space if one is floating static and the other is moving past very quickly... neither would be able to tell who is moving or who is static, both will appear to be in motion to the other. Nothing is intuitive without a reference. To find equanimity you must have resistance to measure (the gravity of celestial bodies helps in reality, down here... morality does something similar; I think, I really can't be sure... abstract thoughts jar my natural instruments and I'm not that great with physics). In short... nothing is what you get when you let things be absolutely.

[KWP]

you have got me thinking about an empty space now ... and also 'to find equanimity you must have resistance to measure' hmmm yes, but don't you think that as so as we enter the world we have all the resistance we need? That's the reality we are caught up in. The here the now. I love your last line / statement ... I think I have said this before, but I will say it again, you see things as they are (what Vipassna aims for) and not many do ... nice ... X

[Davidgeo]

"don't you think that... as we enter the world we all have all the resistance we need?" I think that is a borderline absurd statement that ignores some pretty fucked up s**t happening every day around the world to every age bracket. Children are generally happier than adults precisely because we are not born with anything other than the biological resistance of birth. Life weighs heavier with each passing day, until you die anyway... then, I hope, it gets much much lighter

[KWP]

:-) well that's exactly what I was pertaining to ... yup

[BBP]

I really enjoyed this. The play on words fit wonderfully and the message was amazing!

[emmajoy]

Tis said every day is a miracle, each tone of it creating a million dreams. Seems you've taken that quote or similar and created a nudge of awareness that Nature has its own way - Man is mere part of it. Perhaps? As always, fine, fine poetry.

[FJ Davis]

Because change is often subtle--gradual--not only does it frequently escape our immediate attention, but when it does finally and completely come starkly into focus, that realization can be unsettling.
"Shipwrecked," of course, says this--and more--impressively.
High-level work, K!

[KWP]

Thank you my friend and nice to meet you. A poem a day allows us all to 'set sail' X

[Perdition]

And lower the seat!!! This is powerful stuff stranger. Good to be back and reading. And slapping ..slapping to notice. Thanks!

[KWP]

hey you - well thanks - writing a poem a day for April - all kind of stuff is surfacing - nice to see you X

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sounds like sexton and plath...shipwrecked...not letting life be, but moving away from it...following that current.
those chains are hard to break.

[KWP]

hey Jacob ... I am putting some of those heavy duty chain cutters in the mail for you :D Take care X