Sunday, October 8, 2017

YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW




(The following is an old one I'd written for Diverse Poets a few years ago.  I've edited enough that it's actually quite new.)  



"Yesterday is today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream."
                                                                              Kahlil Gibran


I decide to drive home the long way through curvy, dangerous roads, along mountainous cliffs so high I feel like a cloud.  But gradually I descend into the calm security of level ground, where I impulsively turn into a desolate place that seems a dream misplaced. Friendly leaves wave me in, invite me to stay a while.  I let myself be swallowed by the forest, greener than green.

I sit by a noisy stream with white foaming bubbles rushing then relaxing to caress the rocky floor before moving on.  Does it know I'm watching?  Because it does seem to show off for me.  To be different from all other streams I've watched crashing, turning, sliding, crashing again into rocks so still.  It keeps moving, sculpting its unique path, different from yesterday's waters.  I feel a sense of expectation as I watch it flow towards its tomorrow.


The noisy stream rushes past
Green leaves wave good bye
Forest waits for winter's snow


 (For Poets United.)

16 comments:

  1. This is the season to sit an listen like you do... soon we will be weighted with winter.

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  2. I love your description of driving so high you felt like a cloud......then turning into a place that felt like "a dream misplaced." Beautiful, Myrna.

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  3. Lovely "write!" I am watching, and soon I become aware someone is watching me?

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  4. The different hues of nature and of our lives!

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  5. There is a beautifully meditative feeling in this especially love; "To be different from all other streams I've watched crashing, turning, sliding, crashing again into rocks so still. It keeps moving, sculpting its unique path, different from yesterday's waters. I feel a sense of expectation as I watch it flow towards its tomorrow." Beautifully penned!


    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  6. Thank you. As I read I could feel tension slip away...

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  7. What a peaceful and serene haibun--just beautiful

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  8. I'm in awe at your insight my friend. I should do this someday where there's a stream and be peaceful with nature. good day!

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  9. I absolutely enjoyed this poem.

    Friendly leaves wave me in, invite me to stay a while. I let myself be swallowed by the forest, greener than green.

    This might be one of my favorites of yours. I have often pulled off the main road to enjoy a moment in the splendor of nature.

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  10. A fantastic haibun ... idyllic ... serene ... beautifully rendered.

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  11. Your poem gives me a very peaceful feeling, Myrna!! Beautiful.

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  12. I love how the noisy stream shows of for you. I am sure it does
    Such a peaceful words to which I can relate. Nothing more relaxing than a wild stream

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  13. nature calms, heals and inspires!!

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  14. :-) Such a serene piece and for a heart to read. Thank you.
    ZQ

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  15. Beautifully written! Nature is beautiful to observe and contemplate on..

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  16. Beautifully described, whether to be taken literally or as a metaphor for life.

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