Living as Driftwood

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Living as Driftwood

 Living as Driftwood

 

 

That thunderous night

being splintered

from the tree of life

when lightning strikes

my long limbs fall

into the agitated waters

 

alone and afraid

suddenly detached

I drift downstream

languishing in limbo

letting the tide

carry me where it will

 

bobbing up and down

trying to stay afloat

while being dragged

under by the current

until early morning

brings the warm sun

 

aimlessly following

the course set for me

when the water starts

to pick up speed

dashing me against

the slippery rocks

of the rapids…

 

Waking on a sandy beach

as the man’s hands

gather me into a heap

with others like me,

setting us aflame

releasing our energy

to dance

out into the universe.    

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mustascheman commented on Living as Driftwood

01-29-2010

fella- go into the forum area look for the area that I am trying to start. I would like to know your thoughts on form and presentation of poetry.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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