Embracing the End
6 March 2016
Last Summer
I discovered ways
To speak love
Between lines
Weaving melodies and word
Reinventing speech
Time runner
I haggled with death
Won over
With a kiss
Many a promise to miss
With scarce borrowed time
All things start
Within promises
And die slow
Within breath
Woven with threads of wonder
That run through bright life
All that starts
Also has an end
The story
Comes slowly
To a screeching grinding halt
As teeth clench sorrow
Gone morrow
Vainly sacrificed
A bet made
Like Dante
Alternate realities
Arrogant belief
Vanity lair
Tombstone of the fools
Seen future
Illusion
A game rigged in confusion
Carelessly rolled dice
It is done
Lay down the tired head
In cool lands
Where rivers
Speak of the peaceful feeling
Embracing the End
Reading of the poem:
Dante’s Prayer – Loreena McKennitt (Legolas Greenleaf)
Legolas’s Lullaby – Heather Dale
Aragorn’s sleepsong – Secret Garden
I loved this poem it says it all about the ending of things.
Thank you Adele
Profound
Thank you Derrick 🙂
beautiful poem, I love the accompanying images/videos. The first one is gorgeous. I especially love “All things start
Within promises
And die slow
Within breath
Woven with threads of wonder
That run through bright life” such lovely images and sentiments which you weave through the rest of the poem.
Thank you dear Melinda 🙂
You’re welcome 🙂
Sometimes we make the most absurd bargains with life, don’t we? Often times it is never a fair bet. The scale is always tipped in favor of the house. Yet we try anyone. Very well done, Geetha. 🙂 ♡
Thank you Eric. So rightly pointed out. In the end, the house always wins. Hugs my friend. xoxo 🙂
Hugs to you too!! Xooxxo
One can only hope for such a serene ending.
Very true. It is a blessing
I love the tie in with Dante. This one is very bittersweet.
Thank you Tosha. I guess it is the mood around me that is quite catchy
You’re welcome. It’s one I understand well. xx
Yes, I saw. Autopsy by pen, brilliant!
Thank you!