Some
readers also dip into my fiction blog, and those of you who enjoyed the first
part of my fantasy novel, Mamelon, will be pleased to know that I am (just about) on track
for completing the second (final) part by the end of this year. Sorry for
the delay, but I am still experiencing difficulty walking (even with a walking stick) after my accident
last year. However, I am learning to manage the pain and get out and about. Better
news, though, is that hormone therapy continues to keep my prostate cancer at
bay. Gotta look on the bright side of life, YES.
Now, regular
readers will know I love the sea. For me, it is one of nature’s finest
metaphors for life; love, war, peace, spirituality, inspiration, fulfilment, regret…a potpourri of its more splendid aspects while, at the same time, acknowledging the starkness of its reality and the comfort of home grown illusion.
Photo; from the Internet
W-A-V-E-S, METAPHORS FOR LIFE
Waves,
splashing
against
me like a meeting
of old friends…
now showering me with kisses,
now running away…
just as
you did towards
the end of our
living together,
considered sinners
We'd no more giving
for each
other, only the
pain
of recalling (in tears)
how once
we were - one life,
one love, twin waves
embracing
the same shore,
flotsam
spread across pebbles
like
prayer beads
At every heartbeat,
fragile fingers trembling
at each fastening
and unfastening - of desires
rising, tumbling...
like waves
lingering
but briefly at deserted shores,
crumbling sea walls
Left listening
out for your calls,
but only
seagulls...
Copyright
R. N. Taber 2004; 2015
[Note:
This poem has been slightly revised from an earlier version that appears under the title Waves in The Third Eye by R. N. Taber, Assembly Books, 2004.]
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