Somewhere Near the Far Side of Insight

why not just suck it and see ..

Somewhere Near the Far Side of Insight

I don’t just look and see,

but I watch

and I savour and I learn

and then I try

to hoard what I find like

you would

small golden treasures ..

Each strung out

like pretty bunting across

the skyline of

an unfamiliar and all too

brief lifetime ..

As tiny and crisscrossed

as the faintest

of cracks in small glazed

earthenware pots ..

Still here, in my very own

shell I pretend

to bathe in old sunlight ..

While casually

wondering just how many

more wasted

horizons, sunsets, faces

and views,

shall eventually become

little more than

vague opaque scenes each

etched upon

the tired old retinas of this

nameless and near

forgotten mans fading dreams .. 

Author's Note

If I get the thumbs up to travel tomorrow I hope to be in Miami by Friday for 3 days before setting off for South America and 3 weeks gentle adventure .. Stay well while I'm away and I hope to return feeling better than I do right now ..

Reviews

[Betty Hermelee]

Good for you Neville....there is nothing like insight, the ability not only to look, see, but the ability to understand clearly, and deeply, not just on the surface....to intuit, ...and that is a wonderful trait...
I understand you will be discovering many treasures on your trip to S. America...Safe travels
and bring back lots of wonderful writing!
Warmly, B

[Neville]

Bless you Betty .. not long back my friend but back indeed I am .. Seasons best to you n yours my friend .. Neville

[Ken Simm.]

This is more than just a true artist speaking. He is doing what all such should do and that is really looking and trying to understand. Excellent.

[Neville]

Cor blimey Guv'nor .. Thanks a minion my friend .. Tis indeed good to have you stop by .. Hope you are now well Ken and am sending my best regards to you n yours for a bloomin grand Christmas and a healthy, happy, prosperous and fulfilled 2026 .. Neville 😎👍

[SM Davis]

It IS like hoarding isn't it? How beautiful it is to feel it through your eyes. Thank you. The prose here is impeccable. I like the ethereal yet casual feel of it.

[Neville]

How very kind, bless you my friend .. Seasonal best wishes are now on their way to you .. please also forgive my delayed reply but have been otherwise indisposed until just now .. Neville

[SM Davis]

Right back atcha Neville! It's nice to be back and see my friends and read. It's a treat!

[Neville]

you bet'cha ..😎👍

[Thomas W Case]

Vivid and sharp. Superb work.

[Neville]

Thanks Thomas .. please excuse my late acknowledgement of your visit, I have been elsewhere and otherwise engaged .. Seasons Best kind sir .. Neville

[RomaJ]

The way you capture that quiet obsession with collecting experiences..“small golden treasures strung out like pretty bunting”..and the way it contrasts with the impermanence of life and memory. There’s a gentle ache in the acknowledgment of fading horizons and tired retinas, yet it’s tempered by the careful savoring of each moment. It reads like a reflection on both the beauty and fragility of existence, and the longing to hold onto what slips away.

Neville, wishing you both safety and joy on your travels. Enjoy.
Roma

[Neville]

I couldn't possibly ask for more, bless you Roma ..

[Jansy]

There’s a wistful grace in how you hold the tension between curiosity and decay. The opening line tempts us to just live, but the poem becomes a quiet confession that we can’t help wanting to understand what we live through. “small golden treasures” turn perception into something tenderly obsessive. It reads like a soft archaeology of the self...dusty, luminous, and heartbreakingly human.
Nicely done, mate!
James☆

Have a safe trip!

[Neville]

Thanks a minion Jansy .. sure gonna try 👍

[Lorry]

I relate to this because my Mum wasted away to dementia, as well as the gg forgotten forgetfulness that was coved lockdown.
Ever since then my memory is like Swiss cheese but if I haven't thought of the wording was looking for within five seconds, I let it go and stop worrying, hoping it will come back on its own.
The first time I forgot something quite serious my doctor strangely told me to keep a diary of lost words. After explaining himself a bit more by telling me to write down what I was saying up to the point of forgetting and read it every day to see if anything came back. It did, but when I realised that I had been planning for the month ahead and scrubbing out something on a list I remembered the word I had forgotten was Tuesday, which made me feel even worse.
Now I still keep that diary as well as photographs of interesting things, like leaves in autumn or frost on barbed wire surrounding a field, just in case one day I forget to remember all the nondescript things I like looking at.
Memory is a treasure we don't appreciate enough until it is too late.
Now fingers, knees and toes crossed for your okay to travel and enjoy whatever the opposite of drizzle and dullness is. 😀

[Neville]

Thanks a ton for reaching out like that Loz .. you kind of put things into perspective .. and I do appreciate it .. Stay well & take care while I'm away .. Just got the thumbs up so the missus is frantically packing .. dunno where she thinks she's going .. I only got one ticket 😎🐧..🐧💛👍xx

[Chris Shaw]

How exciting for you to embark on a three week trip of South America. An opportunity for those tired retinas to find a new lease of life. I love your title. It speaks to me of pushing boundaries.

nameless and near forgotten ?

NEVER

Happy, wonderful and safe travels Neville

💜

[Neville]

thanks our Chris .. just one more sleep (that's a larf) & having got the thumbs up to travel I'm off on the morrow .. Take care n stay safe n well 💜

[Chris Shaw]

Happy sailing and happy new things to hoard and treasure 💜

[Kelly Scheppers]

Safe travels, my friend. I am a bit jealous of you seeing Miami...and spending three weeks in South America. Return rested, and revitalized...wearing the smile you always give to me! xo

[Neville]

Bless you K .. I woz hoping we could hook up .. wot about Chile, Peru or Ecuador .. 😎💛🌻👍x