Breathless, wordless, words

[cascadiabound]

Words, wordless, breathless
Waiting patiently
Inspiration seeks a place
Between the lines....
There is meaning abundant
Trapped in my mind
Wrapped in silk and rope
A package unopened
breathless, wordless, words

 

[DarkRaven13]

And these words are special
For you, for me, for all
Sometimes loud, shouting out
Often quiet, shouting in
Between the lines...
Wanting to break the bonds
Wrapped in silk and ropes of my mind
A package unopened
Words...the special words

 

[cascadiabound]

At the end of a pier
Cold chill in the air
Taking a deep breath
The future is as obscured as the lake is dark
Remembering that there are sparkles everywhere
Even if they are just wet leaves on a pier
A glance over the shoulder
Grounds me
Past is prologue

 

[DarkRaven13]

At the end of a pier
Cold chill in the air
Taking a deep breath
The future is as obscured as the lake is dark
Remembering that there are sparkles everywhere
Even if they are just wet leaves on a pier
A glance over the shoulder
Grounds me
Past is prologue

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The picture is beautiful. The words equally so.

 

[cascadiabound]

Cascadia rain
smudgy grey skies, misty morn
the air clean and cool

splattering rain drops
gortex zipper’d, hood up
puddles everywhere

glistening wet leaves
dancing dripping with the rain
fern fronds, cedar boughs

precipitation
sheets of rain run down the drive
rain chain patter splash

pacific coast skies
salt meets fresh and herons fish
Cascadia rain

 

[DarkRaven13]

At the end of a pier
A mist in the air
Take a deep breath
I peer out ahead, though the lake and mist blend
What lies before me, what brought me here
I turn back to see, and see my prints fade
My path always lies forward
The future unseen

 

[MedicalMuse]

This is a beautiful thread

 

[cascadiabound]

The last train gone
Waiting

The taxi stand empty
Waiting

Just a girl and her suitcase
Waiting

A heart in turmoil
She packed her bag
Fled the scene
Destination unknown

Self contained
Self possessed
Quietly waiting
She knows not for what

When the time comes
She'll know

When the clock strikes
She'll know

The time will come

But she'll wait
For the path to become clear
For her ticket to ride

Not just anyone
Not just anywhere
Trusting her heart
While she waits
The time will come

 

[Moochienanu]

Hold your breath
Dive in
Feel the world wash over you
Raining hard against your skin
A numbness in the ache
Deep underneath the words
Swimming through each
Scrolling past most of the swords
Digging in deep
Don’t let them see your defeat.

 

[Dribble]

I wish I had words
to add to this thread
But instead
I will just leave this smile

 

[cascadiabound]

A new view from my window
A landscape that was always there
Now revealed and raw
scraped to bare dirt
The deep roots yanked
Backfilled and smoothed
Fresh snow softens new contours
Bucked rounds stacked neat
As if they prefer their new home
The changes wrought so sudden
And yet what came before
Seems oh so long ago

 

[Btq97]

A first go

The mistake you can't take back.
The road now closed
The map shredded
Ticket revoked
Hope lost

 

[29wordsforsnow]

It's been a long walk
across these trodden planks
generations crossed
all their edges gave way
to the incessancy
of time and rain
waiting
at the end of all words
for this mysteriousness
to show up
but in lakes
ain't no mermaids
just blurred faces
staring up
and down
fading with light

 

[cascadiabound]

A first go

The mistake you can't take back.
The road now closed
The map shredded
Ticket revoked
Hope lost

This is quite evocative. I like it and it makes me sad

 

[cascadiabound]

Yesterday's snow disappeared in the night
The rain a giant eraser of magic fairy dust
Flat grey sky reflects my mood
Coaxed reluctantly from between the sheets
by whimpered demands of damp doggo

Sweeping away the detritus of fall
Advent's first Monday awaits me
I'll open that tiny door
To find the tiniest chocolate morsel
rich sweetness melts in my mouth

Anticipatory joy so quickly dissolved
leaving more ache than satisfaction

 

[AlexBailey]

The beauty of winter
A cozy cabin
Coffee and coco
Cell phones locked away in the car

Boughs bending
snow clinging
Icicles waiting
Don’t slam the door

My back turned
A snowball hurled
I’m the mark
Vengeance clouds the mind

Laughter and kisses
Hands concealed
Oh! Betrayed again, Burr!
Good thing I love you

 

[DarkRaven13]

Some of these poems makes me smile, some make me a little sad. All are great contributions to such a wonderful thread of words ... thank you for starting this CascadiaBound.

 

[cascadiabound]

Raspberries
Will ever bring you to mind
The way you drawled out the word
In omage to the Brit market vendor

Raspberries on little fingers
sweet treats for Claire
I ache for you this Christmas
welcomed into your hug
A car full of gifts
and Poulsbo pastries

You loved the lights
The warmth
Family love
I ache for you

 

[DarkRaven13]

Raspberries
Will ever bring you to mind
The way you drawled out the word
In omage to the Brit market vendor

Raspberries on little fingers
sweet treats for Claire
I ache for you this Christmas
welcomed into your hug
A car full of gifts
and Poulsbo pastries

You loved the lights
The warmth
Family love
I ache for you

Raspberries make me smile .... though your words here ... makes me see a heartache

 

[DarkRaven13]

The beauty of winter
A cozy cabin
Coffee and coco
Cell phones locked away in the car

Boughs bending
snow clinging
Icicles waiting
Don’t slam the door

My back turned
A snowball hurled
I’m the mark
Vengeance clouds the mind

Laughter and kisses
Hands concealed
Oh! Betrayed again, Burr!
Good thing I love you

This made me smile .. it really did

 

[cascadiabound]

In the silence we spoke volumes
Between lines all was understood
The space between reveals
Negative space makes the image
Fingertips meet and sparks fly
wordlessly pulled into his arms
Two become one, hearts sync
Your mind meets mine
Impossible to hide
As tears slide silently
Falling into the abyss
In that moment I swear
We were infinite

 

[MedicalMuse]

In the silence we spoke volumes
Between lines all was understood
The space between reveals
Negative space makes the image
Fingertips meet and sparks fly
wordlessly pulled into his arms
Two become one, hearts sync
Your mind meets mine
Impossible to hide
As tears slide silently
Falling into the abyss
In that moment I swear
We were infinite




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[DarkRaven13]

It's been a long walk
across these trodden planks
generations crossed
all their edges gave way
to the incessancy
of time and rain
waiting
at the end of all words
for this mysteriousness
to show up
but in lakes
ain't no mermaids
just blurred faces
staring up
and down
fading with light

I think this goes well with Cascadia's "At the End of the Pier" poem

 

[DarkRaven13]

Breathless
Sometimes it feels as if we're running a race
It’s you and me competing for air
My point of view, your point of view

Sometimes it feels as if we're fighting without knowing
It’s you and me telling our facts, not getting it right
My point of view, your point of view

Sometimes it feels as if we're not listening to one another
It’s you and me asking the things we have no answers to
My point of view, your point of view

Sometimes it feels as if we're going in circles
It’s you and me always arguing, never agreeing
My point of view, your point of view
It makes me breathless


Wordless
I ask you a question
I seek information from those that know
I look to those with answers

I wait for a reply
And stain to hear

You are silent and keep me out
Help is silent through malice or through fear
They are silent though they know

I wait for a reply
And the wordless silence is deafening


Words
My nightstand drawer is full of hidden words
I keep it there, for myself
Notes, poems, and little stories
About a broken dream, about a broken life

When these words in my nightstand drawer are hidden no more
It is there for others, as well as for myself
This thread, this place, this cascadia of boundless beauty
It helps, it calms, it quiets my forlorn soul

For words are my weapon
Not to defend against others, not to defend against you
But to defend against my sorrow, my grief, my pain
To defend me from me

For there is a power in the sad breathless words
And there is power in the sad wordless words
It is the power of words, my words
My weapon of choice

 

[AlexBailey]

Dreams with Luna

Frost on the window
Warm in bed
Day is done
Thoughts to rest

First wax past new
Cheshire grin
Planets play
Stars surround

Floating
Soaring
Skating
Dimly lit above the ground

From here
Now there
Asleep
Aware

So far
So high
Now everywhere

Don’t think
Don’t breathe
Just shine
Just be

Folie a deux
Come fly with me!