Open Hearted

Being Enlightened
Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
edited December 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
A glorious day
rained down upon me,
I let my umbrella get turned inside out
and threw it to the gentle hands of the breeze,
it danced like my heart beats
and my feet lightly carried me forward.
"Enough of this sheilding myself
from what nature, naturally has in store for me!",
I thought.
I ripped off my coverings,
every last binding stitch of them
and let them mark my trail,
not that I'd need to go back again,
just that I'd hope more would follow the path.

:)
Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Reminds me of this time I was with these two girls and we were walking in the rain and I was bare chested with shorts and the girls went down to their bras and shorts. It really was quite interesting and fun to do.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    even flow? wrote:
    Reminds me of this time I was with these two girls and we were walking in the rain and I was bare chested with shorts and the girls went down to their bras and shorts. It really was quite interesting and fun to do.

    'Twas, wasn't it? ;)

    (it's not about that day but I like that it reminded you of it :), after I wrote it, I was thinking of that day too! :) )
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • twin1
    twin1 Posts: 902
    I really like this one BE! It has a nice sense of "freedom" to it. Good read!
    Our love must not be just words, but True Love, which shows itself in action,
    No one needs a smile more than someone who fails to give one,
    After you die...you know how to LIVE!
  • twin2
    twin2 Posts: 894
    I too enjoyed this BE. Really good writing.
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    the phrase open heart only reminds me of the following


    so cold
    to keep the machines in tune
    my clothes an afterthought
    stuck in the ICU room

    black stitches like stiff snakes
    or railroad tracks
    designing my chest
    lining my fate

    I saw him standing
    outside the door
    and he looked so familiar
    as if I should have known him before

    the intern laughed
    at the nurse's joke
    but as the horizontal one
    compliasant and patient
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Goulet
    Goulet Posts: 918
    My head itches
    in the wintertime;
    dodgy, curly, heated
  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    twins! :) Thank you ladies for being so kind! You're like beautiful rays of sunshine, warming my heart. :)

    LOL! Open heart surgery! :D Well, Ms. Haiku, I had a good laugh about that! :D I liked your poem tag as well. :) Whenever I think of the words open hearted, it brings to mind these lyrics from Rush's song, "The Spirit Of Radio"--

    "All this machinery
    Making modern music
    Can still be open-hearted ;)
    Not so coldly charted
    It's really just a question
    Of your honesty"

    Whoa? Blast from the past! Hey, hey, Goulet! :) *tussles the hair on his itchy head* You know, they have shampoos that can help with that. :D And hey, maybe take off that woolen touque(sp?) and opt for ear muffs during the winter, silly. ;) Hope you're doing great! :)
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen

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