Waiting On The Rivers Of Time

... love without boundaries ...

The rivers of me

ebb in reticence,

but she knows.

The creeks in me

gush freely in enamoured bliss,

because she knows.

The waterways of my heart

cascade only to

the ocean of her light

because together,

we know.

Like day to night,

and light to stars,

she completes me.

'No!' They say, 'It's not the way.'

In a web of ignorance,

our simple love,

- is not the way.

The ignorant are illiterate in the poetry of true love.

I am authentic, I am free.

Yet, here we are

waiting for the laggers behind to

leave the boat atop our waters.

To learn to float.

Interceptors of love

possessing a desert heart, 

waiting for the rain,

always,

waiting for the rain.

Desert heart,

when the rain comes,

let it pour down on to you and

lash you foolish with acceptance to

cleanse you of all the rules.

Let it replenish you with water enough to

sprout forests who welcome life -

in all of it's colours, shapes and forms.

All life.

My wish for you,

is to be an ocean -

you too can open your arms to the rivers.

Reviews

[Ana B.]

Beautiful. May all of us be open enough to let the rain in, as long as it doesn't wash away the roots. Lovely done :)

[Ty]

"....waiting for the laggers behind to leave the boat atop our waters. To learn to float." The rhythm and structure here, the message. Enjoyed.

[Davidgeo]

I do like lesbians. You don't seem like one though, so I'm guessing this isn't a first person point of view thing? Good imagery but not smoothly written, slightly clunky, but not too bad... I've done worse.

[KWP]

clunky like a lesbian? you make me laugh - I too have done worse ... I am not a practicing lesbian no ...

[Davidgeo]

Not all lesbians are clunky, just Ellen DeGeneres.

[KWP]

Certainly not Portia her wife

[Einstein Noodle]

really enjoy the metaphors and contrasts .. i began to imagine the Net Geo pieces on the rainy and dry seasons in Africa ..and Australia ;))
i think this is a meaty poem ..deep undercurrents of spiritual truths ..but the changes in person cause me a little confusion so i guess as to who "you" and "she" really are ..and its unclear as to who to assign the desert hear to ...so i go with a mixed bag of very personal honesty to a general negative experienced heart to an expression of very universal unconditional love of the god or goddess of ones choosing ;) the hint of lesbian relationship stirs me as it does for most men ..wish i could figure that one out ..ah well ..i am too old to wrestle with that so will content myself to its mystery :)))
your poem has got my a-pondering my friend
E.
ps. my arms are wide open ..thank you for your generosity ;)

[KWP]

This is my poem for the MOOC / you werent supposed to
Read this here :-)

[Einstein Noodle]

well now ...your not very good at hiding things are you!? ... i am still struggling with my persona poem ..i am collecting info that may help with either A or B choices .. we shall see .. i better get it in soon eh!?

[KWP]

me hiding - I can't hide wen I like to dance in the sun baby!

BTW thanks for your thoughts - I can see how it could be confusing. I gave a bit of a note on the MOOC site to give people the heads up ... and you ya cheeky devil, whatever are you thinking re: girl love ;)

I was trying to look through a gay girls (oh you like to say queer over there) eye's - it could pack more of a punch - I was hoping for a balance of love and unlove :) X

[Einstein Noodle]

queer ...that's a funny word isn't it!? your note helped when i read it "in class" ... what you did with love and the boat and the ocean/water is memorable ...it stuck with me (didn't even have to glance up at the poem again) the interaction of unlove putting itself a burden on the ocean does the trick says i!