A locked boxat the end of a red threadcontaining all the sighsof middle agecomplaints like barnaclesdreams dragging behindsplintering on the rocksall of yesterday’s ideasbobbingmostly regret
For Kerry’s photo prompt in the Imaginary Garden
10.08.2017
Dubious Haul
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sounds about right:) sigh at the seashore
ReplyDeleteOh the weight of those sighs... all the whatifs pulling... but I hope that there is a catch somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI say, cut the net loose and walk away.
ReplyDeleteI like how you took the feel and implied story of the photo and brought into a more modern realm. I especially like how you placed color into the poem (red) to sort of break out of the image. Well done and viva la!
ReplyDeleteI can feel the weight of those sighs.. Powerfully written!!
ReplyDeleteOuch.. I so past middle age. I'm with Fireblossom, cut it loose.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, it is time for new dreams. Cast out the regrets.
ReplyDeleteof middle age
ReplyDeletecomplaints like barnacles
dreams dragging behind
splintering on the rocks
Complaints can end up as not being addressed. The bane of the senior citizens who are being ignored!
Hank
Hank
The title said it all for middle age. The things we ferry and drown ... I couldn't help think of Balthazar's box in "Amahl and The Night Visitor" become this ... burden. How true.
ReplyDeleteI read this last night, Marian, before turning in and the whole melancholy frame of reference really impacted on me. Amazing how the merest thread may drag one down.
ReplyDeleteSorry. xoxo
DeleteIt's like Pandora's box! I particular like 'complaints like barnacles' and 'bobbing / mostly regret' - a very effective line break, Marian.
ReplyDeleteThe bane of the senior citizens who are being ignored!
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