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
What a beautiful picture you painted with that last journey we all must take Sanaa and your words are quite comforting.
Thank you so much, Robin 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
Beautiful poem Sanaa. Soft, romantic, and comforting.
Thank you so much, Toni 😊 so good to see you ❤
What a peaceful and hopeful message
Thank you so much, Martin 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
Very lovely, Sanaa…i like the sugar maple whispering to the lake……
Thank you so much, Sherry 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
I liked the Segway to prayer. And “look to the stars and far beyond.”
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Thank you so much, Jim 😊 so good to see you ❤
Death seems such a wonderful companion in this.
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
This is such a gentle and comforting piece, Sanaa. Beautiful write!
Thank you so much, Khaya 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
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.
Awww!❤❤ Thank you soo much, Shay 😊 so glad you liked it!❤❤
(and thank you for the lovely prompt)
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
Thank you so much, Kerry 😊 so good to see you ❤
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’.
Thank you so much, Kim 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
‘death winked and squeezed my fingertips’ ~~~ adore this line. Great work.
Thank you so much, Helen 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
‘what is life but a pleasant dream’
death winked and squeezed my fingertips
So beautifully poignant.
Thank you so much, Susie 😊 so good to see you ❤
A beautiful piece capturing lifes last loved moments.
Thank you so much, Julian 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
death winked and squeezed my fingertips… that’s very vivid! Nicely done.
Thank you so much, Rajani 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
Passage of time so wonderfully captivated in the image ‘ebbing sun”. I am also enamoured of the ‘death winked….’ line. A fab write Sanaa 🙂
Thank you so much, Sumana 😊 so good to see you ❤
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.
Most definitely 😊 thanks for stopping by, Mary ❤
There’s really not much we can do when death winks, is there?
Nope 😊 thanks for stopping by, MMT ❤
A lovely whisking away, Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Sherry 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
My favorite was “death winked, and squeezed your fingertips.” Just like death.
Thank you so much, Annell 😊 so good to see you ❤
that opening line created the movement that you kept throughout this moving poem – “Pray once
pledge twice adamant lips”
-especially nice 🙂
Thank you so much, Laura 😊 so glad you liked it ❤
I agree your opening line was magnificent and swept me through the rest of the poem beautifully!
Thank you so much, Donna 😊 so good to see you ❤
Sweet as usual. Love the pic too.
ZQ
Thank you so much, ZQ 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Life is all too brief, passing swiftly by,
Elizabeth
Indeed! Thanks for stopping by, Elizabeth ❤️
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.
Awww!❤️ Thank you so much, Susan 🙂 so glad you liked it!❤️
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The last stanza is my favorite.
Thank you so much, Aurora 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
A brilliant opening line, that sets off a wonderful cascade of words. The piece has an ethereal quality to it that is really lovely.
Thank you so much, Wendy 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
It all starts when a “sugar maple whispers to the lake…” What a magical place your poems live in.
Thank you so much, Colleen 🙂 so good to see you ❤️