Thursday, November 5, 2009

Lost and Found



I tried to be quiet
but the stones
crunched under my feet,

and just as I approached
you jumped into a pool
of molten thought
and disappeared

leaving nothing
but concentric rings
of what might have been
had I remembered.

Upon returning to the forest
I saw you wearing
your floral crown.

When you smiled at me
I realized something
quite profound:

that my grief
for what I lost
transformed to joy
when you were found.

c. Douglas Fireman

7 comments:

  1. Ooh, I love this poem. It reminds me of all my thoughts and dreams that disappear when I try to grab and hold on to them yet so often reappear when I have let go. What a gorgeous picture to go with the poem.

    Do your poems come from the pictures or are the pictures found to go with the poems?

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  2. I love this poem and how it complements the beautiful photo.

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  3. Thanks, freebird.
    If you look directly in the center
    of the pic,

    you'll see the face
    of a young girl.

    So nice to know, Adine, that you
    appreciate my pic and poem.
    Hope little Neko is doing better.

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  4. Thank you for all the kind comments you have given me and others. For being such a generous person I'm giving you an Over The Top blog award. See my blog for details.

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  5. I will return again and agin to your blogs--for you speak what I may hide and sing it for me winna

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  6. Winna, your words mean so much to me.
    I am so pleased that you enjoy my blogs.
    Peace.

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  7. Hi Ramona.
    thank you so much for
    the award. It was so
    thoughtful of you.

    Cheers.

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