There comes a time
when desolate soul requires healing period,
its colors toned down
as though washed in translucent water
kissing the brow
a warm and pink shade.
Late evening hush has come to the streets
as the last vestiges of sangria sun
disappear
over the horizon.
Such is life as dawn, decision
and determination
blooms
out of pure nothingness.
Starting over,
can either be the simplest
or the most frightening thing in the world,
be it a budding rose
or a blank page
both in the end are represented
with a heartfelt wish, prayer and hope.
We are out there
breathing and searching for clues
in the darkness
knowing deep down that the right time,
sweet moment
is waiting for us just around the corner.
I am at a certain point in my life
where every fibre
every inch of my poetic soul
yearns for renewal
for a chance to leap forward and spring
into the world.
Photo credits: Joseph Zbukvic – Watercolor
Go for it. This is not a dress rehearsal.This is the play and there are no encores.
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A very strong emotional write with lovely imagery.
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Your third stanza is pure truth, beginnings can be anything we let them be—horrifying is we don’t go with life’s flow, a blessing if we use the chance to make something… that works for us.
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If I were home and not in a doctor’s office writing on my cell, I would quote most of the poem back to you. It’s brilliant! The images in stanzas 1 and 2, calm me. The 3rd is the challenge, and I too am ready by the end. Thank you!
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(and thank you for the lovely prompt) 🌹
This is a wonderful and beautiful poem. I can feel that inner leap, just waiting to be made.
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“You have but to click your heels together, Dorothy. And you will be home.” Said the good witch, Glenda.
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Beautiful, Sanaa. May your poetic soul leap forward and spread the love!
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This one deserves a Dear Poet response Sanaa.
My favourite lines-:
“Such is life as dawn, decision
and determination
blooms”
Happy you dropped by my blog today
Much🎉love
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Much🌻🌼love
Waiting for that next chance to start again, especially after going through a period of quiet to heal from the last act of daring can be so intimidating.
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Your writing has always been strong and determined Sanaa so you know the way and I am sure you will take it.
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Very moving. Love how each word exudes tenderness and strength. Beautiful, Sanaa, as always.
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Oh yes, Sanaa, a healing period is definitely necessary, helped by being ‘washed in translucent water
kissing the brow
a warm and pink shade’.
I like the sibilance and taste of ‘sangria sun’ and starting over as a budding rose. My favourite lines are:
‘We are out there
breathing and searching for clues
in the darkness
knowing deep down that the right time,
sweet moment
is waiting for us just around the corner.’
Hopeful!
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Lovely images in here, sangria sun stands out for me. Def was thinking similarly about a renewal. Winter is a resting time, like a nice nap. The christmas festivities are over, the light is returning, but imorning is still a good way off… To paraphrase Rumi, A winter sky so vast and empty that something entirely fresh will begin to grow next spring.
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Start over and go for it !! Nothing to be lost in leaping forward to the world.
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Yes, the January poem is scrumptious. Your final stanza is killer. When the moment is right, I have no doubt that you will leap just fine.
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Renewal brings a new day….
“Such is life as dawn, decision
and determination
blooms
out of pure nothingness.”
Well done!
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Wonderful piece, and great picture! Go for it, we only pass this way but once…
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Spring into the world you must then!! All the very best Sanaa.
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Soul-stirring piece!
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Lovely!
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I know the feeling —
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a desire a wish beautifully forcefully expressed…may the dream come true amen
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This, for me, is a superb mixture of melancholy and hope, of ending and beginning tied together with a rest. The term “Selah” from the Psalms comes to mind. A time to contemplate what was before moving on.
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It occurred to me that every breath is a leaping “forward and spring
into the world.”
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May the yearning for renewal come to fruition!
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A thoughtful meditation. The rhythm reinforces the words.
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yearns for renewal
for a chance to leap forward and spring
into the world.
Most appropriately the moment to spring over to the ensuing year Sanaa and start all over again!
Hank
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Pure, positive truth.
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This is beautiful and full of hope! I relate. I love the idea that we constantly evolve and finding ourselves in this place, even when unpleasant and scary, is beautiful.
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Lovely writing Sanaa – words of the grasshopper – don’t be afraid to leap forward and you will reach your destination.
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