I remember an absent poet

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justam
justam Posts: 21,415
in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art

Lingering over an early morning vision

coffee cup still warm

I woke to the truth that I trust you

I don’t need some souvenir in a drawer to remember you

And you don’t need one to recognize me either

And love doesn’t always have to burn out

No

it can renew itself

certainly it changes

tomorrow unknowable

Kaleidoscope-rolling:

pieces tumbling to look more red today

more blue another day

green, gold, yellow the next

could be that companion survivors 

these are our trusted people



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  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    This is lovely!
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,369
    Nice, justam!
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
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  • evsgjamm
    evsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    Ya. This one is killer. 
    Vancouver '03, Paramount Theatre '05, Saskatoon '05, Calgary '05, Edmonton '05, Saskatoon '11, Calgary '11, Calgary '13

    2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!
  • donnaruhl
    donnaruhl Posts: 2,157
    Coolness.
  • evsgjamm
    evsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    edited December 2023
    I challenge you to put this to music. Sing it. 
    Vancouver '03, Paramount Theatre '05, Saskatoon '05, Calgary '05, Edmonton '05, Saskatoon '11, Calgary '11, Calgary '13

    2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!
  • Kelly4peace
    Kelly4peace Posts: 44
    ✨️✨️✨️

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