Spring cleaning
7 February 2016
Life condemns
The flailing fledglings
Cast on limb
Broken souls
Searching for key in other
Inside dwell answers
Succession
Of partners flurry
One night stands
Hurried love
Immersion in dark dwellings
Caves for the half-baked
Truths simmer
Under the fleeced skin
Wincing taut
Stand at ease
There is light in the shadows
Not all courts martial
Immersion
A haunting thought creeps
Diving deep
Into hides
My skin seeks more than the touch
Invading senses
Senseless games
Playing one’s own mind
Losing fast
Hand in sling
All the doubts that they will bring
These pawns that we move
Handicapped
One hand claps never
Alone pale
Barely snap
Fingers attempting some joy
Whistle stuck in throat
When to learn
Perhaps when skin peels
Efforts lost
Clapping hard
Against chest flanks jagged ribs
Some hands claps sever
I aim soft
At moving targets
Illusion
Breach of trust
The steely will now does rust
Red the waste matter
Imagine
Colours of a beak
Glory’s peak
Word to speak
Iridescent mouth hardened
By years of trials
The wise ones
They arm with patience
The waiting
Discovery
Going through the kernel’s path
The way to the self
You can clean
Arches of doorways
Rid cobwebs
Of spiders
The room’s content lost treasures
Other lifetimes’ hunt
Spring cleaning
Relentless forte
I wear it
Bright motto
Speleologist grotto
My search sane and blunt
Reading of the poem:
Seafret – Atlantis
Seafret – Oceans
Seafret feat Rosie Carney – To the Sea
Seafret – Give me something
Seafret – Wildfire
When we Spring clean, there is no room for being soft. I love the image of the skin wanting more than touch to stimulate the senses. It is true that we need patience and depth of understanding. The soul requires it in order for the body to be completely satisfied. Beautiful, as always, my friend.
Thank you Thomas. Too many people go for only satisfaction of the senses. Personally I find it meaningless if there is no soulful connection. In my line of work, I’ve known extremely wealthy individuals who had what our industry called “plants” as wives or mistresses. They were supposed to be beautiful, please and keep quiet, without any expression of wit, independent thought or anything akin to actual expression of the soul. I found the contrast between their beautiful faces and their cold eyes and demeanour particularly chilling. I don’t judge the necessity to be in that sort of a position but I find it extremely sad to have to be in that place
You are welcome, Geetha. I agree with you. We need to connect soulfully.
“My skin seeks more than the touch
Invading senses”
There’s constant battle within us, sometimes it’s apparent, other times it’s shielded. We must open ourselves inward to realize it in it’s entirety consciously. Beautiful read!
Thank you Swetha. Yes self discovery is a lengthy process. More often than not, most people will stop at superficial levels feeling let down or powerless but there is so much to discover, endless growth and energy when we go the extra mile
I couldn’t agree more!
I really like that you had a recording of the poem. I found it helpful to hear how it should be read. 🙂
Thanks. It is just how I read it, not necessarily how it should be read. Each person has their own thoughts about something written 🙂
I guess that’s true. I still think you read it very well, though. 🙂
Thanks Bun 🙂
Yes, spring cleaning in more ways than one!
Every once in a while we have to shed our skin laden with the past, to start anew, to be ourselves. Lovely words, Geetha ❤️
Thank you Annie <3
You’re welcome, Geetha!
🙂
I liked ‘flailing fledglings
Thank you Derrick
Don’t we all need some of it? I always cling to the idea that truth will set us free. And at the same time, those that matter won’t mind, and those that mind won’t matter. 🙂
Exactly Dajena 🙂
😀
Nice one Geetha. First verse explains so nicely that Truth is within but we seek it outside always. But didn’t understand last lines of 3rd not all courts martial” and 6th “whistle stuck in throat” Am sure must be a deeper meaning, I just didn’t get it. Best wishes 🙂
Thanks Kamal, yes the truth is within and has to be found there although outside you might find some clues. “Not all courts martial” is a reference to the military proceedings which are known most often to be more difficult for the accused than other courts usually and there is at the same time the soldier reference in “Stand at ease” because often some people are too hard on themselves and try to suppress all the parts of them that they think negative instead of embracing who they are, both in light and dark also knowing that sometimes what we see as dark can contain light (light in the shaodws). I hope the stanza and its verses come together now for you with some of their meanings.
As for whistle stuck in throat, it refers to when someone is trying to act carefree, like they are not bothered by what is going on the inside and don’t need anybody else and don’t care, well it is not so simple because one hand alone does not clap and even if you pretend that you don’t care, it never lasts long, the pretence. Best wishes to you too
Oh how nice. Thanks for the explanation Geetha. Both fit in nicely now, yes 🙂
Welcome and thanks 🙂
Geetha, You explained it so nicely. ,
Thanks Akhila
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https://mihranpiano.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/karolina-shadow-of-the-palm-tree/
Thank you Mihran. I tried the music but it says that the video is blocked due to copyright issues which belong to Keshet.
Thank you Geetha so much – could you please try again if you are able to watch the clip????
Welcome. It is a nice song. What do the words mean?
Oh I just saw now the words are there, thanks.
Anyway I have added that blog to my follow list.