Fear of Finding

Cherry

By Philip Sidney

Sun, 07 Dec 2014
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17 comments
 

Fear of finding the past

is why 

boxes of papers sit

waiting,

until they are

invisible,

silent

colourless ink

seeps

from the depths

bleeds

into dark bloody dreams

speaking truths

thought forgotten.

 

The boxes still wait

in patience,

unalterable,

as time reinvents itself

into the present.

 

Certificate PG
Poem

Comments

Submitted by celticman on

time re-invents itself as the pastly present. 

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Love pastly - of the past and partly.

 

Thank you for the cherries!

Submitted by VeraClark on

Gave me a rush of panic - unread words hold all the unknowns.Delicately put and very visual.

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you so much Vera! 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Helen

There is so much hidden within this little poem. Very deep and very lovely.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you Jean!

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

A beautifully crafted poem, Philip, which set me thinking.

Tina

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you Tina!

Submitted by Bee on

Loved this, especially for the ending.

Bee

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you Bee!

Submitted by torscot on

 

In an age of  electronic  media    "...boxes of papers sit waiting..."   

That's the beauty of paper, tactile dreams to be read at leisure.

Regards

torscot

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you Torscot, one day there will be leisure.

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I thought this very evocatively worded too. Though whether reading such would really clarify or sort out or just raise more questions I wonder. There is so much of the past that we can't really sort out with human limitations. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Very true Rhiannon.  Thanks for reading!

Submitted by scratch on

Very good.  A lot of these two to three words per line enjambmed poems are thin and pretentious.  This is by far from thin and pretentious.  Confidence oozes here and delivers a much needed rush of truth and honesty.  

Really well done Philip.

 

Submitted by scratch on

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Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Thank you so much Scratch!  I take your point about thin poems, got me thinking (I'm working on a poem which needs some fat on it I feel).  Enjambed is definitely a word. smiley