Untitled (from dreams and beyond)
Sanaa -
July 14, 2017
Earlier PoemsPoetry

and just like that I was swept away
      as sugar maple whispers to the lake
   pointing to a piercing gaze
                               and most wanton sigh

I fleet fast and perish like the ebbing sun
         holding dear emotions of the past
                  ‘what is life but a pleasant dream’
death winked and squeezed
                                           my fingertips

Pray once
             pledge twice adamant lips
  ‘as enamoured soul at ease with love’
                 and though I may or not respond
           look to the stars
                                         and far beyond.

 

Photo credits: shutterstock.com

Posted on “Fireblossom Fridays” @ Real Toads

& Posted on the Poetry Pantry @ Poets United 

54 Responses

  1. Old Egg says:
    July 14, 2017 at 5:52 am

    What a beautiful picture you painted with that last journey we all must take Sanaa and your words are quite comforting.

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  2. kanzensakura says:
    July 14, 2017 at 8:03 am

    Beautiful poem Sanaa. Soft, romantic, and comforting.

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  3. Martin Kloess says:
    July 14, 2017 at 8:44 am

    What a peaceful and hopeful message

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  4. Sherry Blue sky says:
    July 14, 2017 at 11:11 am

    Very lovely, Sanaa…i like the sugar maple whispering to the lake……

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  5. Jim says:
    July 14, 2017 at 12:21 pm

    I liked the Segway to prayer. And “look to the stars and far beyond.”
    ..

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  6. Bjorn Rudberg says:
    July 14, 2017 at 12:28 pm

    Death seems such a wonderful companion in this.

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  7. Khaya Ronkainen says:
    July 14, 2017 at 6:54 pm

    This is such a gentle and comforting piece, Sanaa. Beautiful write!

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  8. Fireblossom says:
    July 14, 2017 at 7:59 pm

    This is so beautiful, Sunny. My word, you have certainly made giant strides with your writing. I am still shaking my head in admiration for your collaborative poem at Toads.

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    • Sanaa says:
      July 14, 2017 at 8:08 pm

      Awww!❤❤ Thank you soo much, Shay 😊 so glad you liked it!❤❤

      (and thank you for the lovely prompt)

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  9. Kerry says:
    July 14, 2017 at 8:23 pm

    This is a beautiful capture of that fleeting moment of death.. I like the way you have imagined it, especially:
    death winked and squeezed
    my fingertips

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  10. Kim M. Russell says:
    July 14, 2017 at 8:31 pm

    I like the way you’ve conveyed the suddenness of death in the opening lines, Sanaa, and I love the line:
    ‘I fleet fast and perish like the ebbing sun’.

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  11. helen dehner says:
    July 15, 2017 at 4:49 am

    ‘death winked and squeezed my fingertips’ ~~~ adore this line. Great work.

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  12. Susie Clevenger says:
    July 15, 2017 at 9:28 am

    ‘what is life but a pleasant dream’
    death winked and squeezed my fingertips

    So beautifully poignant.

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  13. Julian says:
    July 15, 2017 at 3:13 pm

    A beautiful piece capturing lifes last loved moments.

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  14. Thotpurge says:
    July 16, 2017 at 4:56 pm

    death winked and squeezed my fingertips… that’s very vivid! Nicely done.

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  15. Sumana Roy says:
    July 16, 2017 at 5:15 pm

    Passage of time so wonderfully captivated in the image ‘ebbing sun”. I am also enamoured of the ‘death winked….’ line. A fab write Sanaa 🙂

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  16. Mary says:
    July 16, 2017 at 8:44 pm

    Ah, I wonder sometimes if we will wake up from our ‘pleasant dream’ that is life and find that we are indeed somewhere else entirely…….perhaps indeed our dreaming state will lead, alas, to heaven.

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  17. Magical Mystical Teacher says:
    July 16, 2017 at 10:06 pm

    There’s really not much we can do when death winks, is there?

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  18. Sherry Blue sky says:
    July 16, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    A lovely whisking away, Sanaa.

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  19. annell4 says:
    July 16, 2017 at 10:52 pm

    My favorite was “death winked, and squeezed your fingertips.” Just like death.

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  20. Laura Bloomsbury says:
    July 16, 2017 at 11:51 pm

    that opening line created the movement that you kept throughout this moving poem – “Pray once
    pledge twice adamant lips”

    -especially nice 🙂

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  21. Donna@LivingFromHappiness says:
    July 17, 2017 at 3:16 am

    I agree your opening line was magnificent and swept me through the rest of the poem beautifully!

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  22. ZQ says:
    July 17, 2017 at 4:47 am

    Sweet as usual. Love the pic too.
    ZQ

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  23. Elizabeth says:
    July 17, 2017 at 5:19 am

    Life is all too brief, passing swiftly by,

    Elizabeth

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  24. Susan says:
    July 17, 2017 at 6:15 am

    My comment disappeared because I didn’t notice the 15+9 prompt! I said wonderful things about this poem and especially the last verse which may be the best you have ever written. How wonderful that you have many years ahead of you! How wonderful that we can find you in your poems.

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    • Sanaa says:
      July 17, 2017 at 6:24 am

      Awww!❤️ Thank you so much, Susan 🙂 so glad you liked it!❤️

      (I was bombarded by spam.. hence the captcha)

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  25. Aurora says:
    July 17, 2017 at 6:20 am

    The last stanza is my favorite.

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  26. Wendy Bourke says:
    July 17, 2017 at 8:22 am

    A brilliant opening line, that sets off a wonderful cascade of words. The piece has an ethereal quality to it that is really lovely.

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  27. Colleen@ LOOSELEAFNOTES says:
    July 17, 2017 at 11:59 pm

    It all starts when a “sugar maple whispers to the lake…” What a magical place your poems live in.

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