the earth’s got a million walls, a
thousand places to mime yourself
shut, a live person crammed into
a small in
-visible box. what of
bridges? trellised places we might
climb and rhyme and stand
(together)
to gather our songs. arches
reaching deep toward the sun,
joints for holding
hands and hearts. we might
cross. we might jump
-start something new. we
might burn
the day at
both ends and befriend
our own fears. we might
steer clean by, ignore
the toll
it all takes. we
might shake
the loose dirt off our
borrowed shoes and
lose the locks and clocks
and cages and draw
ourselves in
vivid colors, candied
edges. we might
teeter along precarious
edges to prove our
selves brave.
save me a place
some
where
pointing north,
with a view of the
sea.
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Oh, De, can you ever write, girl!!!!!! I so love this.
Thank you so much, Sherry! I can’t seem to keep up with all the prompts and sites lately…January is a bossy, blustery tyrant. 😉
toll, nice. They can be quite steep, my local big bridge is $15
This is absolutely stunning a write, De ❤️ especially in awe of ” trellised places we might climb and rhyme and stand (together) to gather our songs.” 😘
LOVE so much about this! “burn the day at both ends” —
“draw
ourselves in
vivid colors, candied
edges.”
ooooh I would love to have candied edges 🙂
The Sound of Small Doors Closing…..and then the poem moves from walls and people crammed in to a sense of freedom, trellised places to gather song….a sense of freedom takes up the pace. I love how this poem seems to move me right with its words and then there’s even a bit of recklessness, but not negatively so, when we think we might teeter a bit. And then, for me at least, it ends in a sense of calm….a choice…hmmm really gets me thinking. Our bridges we cross through stages of life? Yep — you’ve done it here….gotten me to think beyond your words for connections and ideas. Ah….your poem is a bridge in the words of another dVerse entry for this one.
Fun to read yours this morning with my first steaming cup — a bit decadent these days and sleeping in more 🙂
oh good grief. This poem just about brought me to my knees. It seems you have written this just for me. Thank you.
Love your word breaks and ending lines De ~ Jump-start, I like the view of the sea ~
This is just great. It is just so good.
The title is so excellent… and the hyphens… this feels like we need that place in the last stanza… a breather perhaps.
Now it is I who am DE-LIGHTED…Wonderful dancing words that lighten up a dark January day for me.
Ah, yes! Same me a place like that too. 😀 Love those vivid colors and candied
edges.
A BRain IS A poTenTial
HouSing oF A ZiLliOn
and more
Bridges
to
connect.. ‘tween
tEars separate
from Body
IS half
A
SoUl thaT makes..:)
““burn the day at both ends” —
“draw
ourselves in
vivid colors, candied
edges.”
geez. so so so so good. ❤ ❤ ❤ and that last line is such a sweet exhale.
clever linebreaks, De. A slight deviation from your usual style!
You carry us across (together) with your rhymes and enjambment 🙂