GUARDIAN POSTER POEM - Me breaking the ice...
I wrote this really quickly because I wanted to post a poem to get started before they changed the subject again, but I know I could have done it a lot more justice if I'd had some time... I just wanted to break the ice and do this for the first time...
Growing old for her:
I watched her pass, she died so young
And I promised her I'd carry on
I'd live my life for both our sakes
So she would never truly be gone.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm growing old
In the mostpart just for her not me
It's getting harder day by day
To fight the grasp of frailty.
Behind closed eyes I see her still
In vivid colour and awkward peace
Forever framed in time and place
But tranquil in her sweet release.
Her serenity engulfs me too
And I find the strength to pursue my task
Of growing old as I think she'd want
But "How am I doing?" I long to ask.
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Storm Room - Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller
14 years ago
Jesus...that's one hell of a lot of pink. I have to go and bathe my eyes with aloe vera gel now...
ReplyDeleteOh good, I was worried I hadn't used enough pink! :-)
ReplyDeleteMish - it's less pink now. .. any better? also removed my self-depreciating intro, no-one likes the passive-aggressive blogger
ReplyDeleteIt is? I can't tell. Mind you, aside from organic pink--the inside of my wife's mouth and..erm...and Pongo's (our cat's) mouth and Honey's (our dog's) mouth, the undersides of my children's feet, sea-shell interiors, certain flowers, flamingoes etc.--I really, really dislike pink.
ReplyDeleteIt's just too camp/lttle girl's bedroom/Jayne Mansfield's home furnishings for me. Sorry
Well the writing isn't pink any more, but that's probably little relief from the dayglow onslaught...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit and the comment. I simply HAD to return the visit because your blog name is so clever.
ReplyDeleteI see you wrote this quickly - yes, most often the quick writing can be the best writing because it has ``flowed'' so rapidly from brain to paper.
Ah - thanks David - I'm glad you came to see me because I forgot where I'd been yesterday! The name of my blog reflects the fact that I rather felt like I wasn't really on here to do anything earth-shattering, just small things in a small way.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to get different perspectives on writing, as with this one I did it quickly and with the more recent one above I pondered it greatly and in some ways probably got a bit bogged down in the rhyming.
Even I got bored of the pink... Maybe this pleasant shade of skyblue will be better?
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