I could wander, pacing
the places I walked before,
knowing them again and for the first time
I could call your name,
hear it slip off my tongue,
whisper through grasses
I could forever search your scent
that I would find here then there
Instead, I sit by the quiet of rippling water
in which I see myself smiling
I kicked off my shoes
which sank to the bottom
of the blueness before me, barefoot,
I wander with my spirit
Ceased measuring my life
in kilometers, stopped tracing
my well being with changing backdrops
The only one now is the sun greeting me
and taking leave, over this great expanse
of ever-changing liquid
My heart stands still, content
to know itself, and you,
you are everywhere, in everything
Photograph by Nick Zungoli
Beautiful–thanks!
Thank you Mark, and mazaltov for your beautiful daughter!
This one hit me right between the eyes!
Love it, thankyou
Very Beautiful Kiki!! I can relate to the sentiment. Thank you for putting words to the feeling.
This one is splendid Keren. Overflowing with familiar thoughts and feelings that sadly I don’t always take the time to stand still and allow myself to explore…….
And yet dear Andrea , it is precisely what has kept you so radiant. xo
Kiki dear – Just beautiful! Thank you!
Amen! Love the “great expanse of ever-changing liquid”. Such a novel and accurate way to describe the Mystery in which we live, perhaps. I read this one and all your poems with delight, Kiki. They rekindle a sense of wonder. Wonder, a direct path to my soul. Thank you for expressing yours. xo
Kiki, there is great self-knowledge and peace expressed in this poem. Bravo.
I’ll find you in the morning sun, and when the day is through, I’ll be looking at the moon, but I’ll be seeing you