It is not really a poem,but I need to write it down.

By estherbell

I took a walk today, ending up by the sea.
Then something happened.Something that surely
happens every day, but somehow I had not noticed before.

The dark flock of birds floating and diving above the old pier,
their whirlwind rhythm,their chaos in harmony,
the way they divide then come together again
in ever changing shapes, fast but never crashing,
was salvation.
I do not know what makes thousands of birds
perform this beautiful dance.always above the same spot,
with the orange sun fading fast
behind their wings of unexpected hope,
but that is how we should be dancing, not with this awkwardness,
our clumsy feet keeping us down,
self-absorbed in our own shoes.

I let the tears fall freely, a hot stream bringing redemption,
washing away the demons slowly, and as one by one
I let them be gone, I felt I now had more room to fill
with ancient wonders, birds, colours, faces of
passers by, the fresh scent of winter dreams.
It was such a cliche-revelation, but it did leave me wide eyed
taking in the miracle of life, looking at everything
through baby's eyes.

I felt like a baby,
and I somehow might have looked like one,
as strangers on the way home kept smiling at me.




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© 2008 estherbell
Published on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.     Filed under: "Personal" and "Poetry"
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  • BetaWolfinVA On Monday, November 26, 2012, BetaWolfinVA (795)By person wrote:

    sometimes returning to nature washes us clean sometimes returning to nature makes us whole Scholar

  • PoetessDarkly On Monday, November 26, 2012, PoetessDarkly (700)By person wrote:

    this is most definately a poem it is charming and wonderous to read!

  • FadedBlues On Monday, November 26, 2012, FadedBlues (2169)By person wrote:

    ...this is a beautiful scene, birds in sunset by the sea. you are part of it & you take us there. a thing that we remember, & write...

  • SACZERWIEN On Monday, November 26, 2012, SACZERWIEN (3)By person wrote:

    THIS was beautiful and regardless of the layout/format it read well and flowed to many of us. I dug it!! :)

  • A former member wrote: very beautiful and insightful... this touched my heart

  • PhyllisK On Monday, November 26, 2012, PhyllisK (6)By person wrote:

    nice visuals .... ty :)

  • Sketso On Thursday, November 6, 2008, Sketso (435)By person wrote:

    wow... I'll admit, just the layout of this write (I know, I know, I'm a bad man) made me overlook it. I'm just one of those folks that has to be drawn in, as shallow as that may sound... but seeing the P.S. pic, I came back. A cliche-revelation, perhaps, but not so cliche as you would imagine, as I think this would enlighten any reader. I too feel as if I have more room to fill now...

  • bloody LOVEly On Tuesday, November 4, 2008, bloody LOVEly (86)By person wrote:

    I believe when we feel most alive, there really is a glow around us. really enjoyed this~

  • Alanarchy On Tuesday, November 4, 2008, Alanarchy (1200)By person wrote:

    "I felt I now had more room to fill" What impresses me most about this piece is that is says the things that I have always found so difficult to put into words, so casually. Dig it.

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