I run circles, on run away, escape before tornado
I dive down into the bosoms of rivers
To be baptised on rebirth, this birth, labour
This pain is hard felt
This mind, on run, overrun, running shoes
Thoughts besiege on overload
Over clouds of grey in nightmare, migraine
As migraine set sit comfort
To discomfort my thinking, in thoughts
I can't see the light
It pierces through my lens, with alien's prodding
And finds its way, in rays into my skull's behind
I can't see the rain;
Thunders bark, frightens my eyes to shut
It is like weather's felt on chilled senses of skin, cold
But this is emotional; the blues, turn pages, chapters
Climax of the summer in breeze, leaves that fall
Of the dying decade, funerals for lost friends, lost souls
It is fair-well to this chapter,
And nostalgia demands his minutes in silence
And I feel the pain of letting go
So many memories, in stock take
Names list and memories that fades
To make way, for what comes after, the afters
Old ghost faces, fair well
And don't look back, we done with that,
New moons, birthing in the horizon
I promise I would do the same,
Just keep walking, through time passage
Not looking back; in circles, to recycle
This far gone, this is fair well..
Fair well to this decade
In afters, after the 90s
To old friends lost
This is fair well
Rest in peace, to the one's gone..
It's runnin circles into pain, into loss, unable to see the rain (that washes and cleanses), only the "ghost faces" ahead. Nice one.
ReplyDeletei enjoyed hearing and seeing you reading this..my fav line was..But this is emotional; the blues, turn pages, chapters..
ReplyDeleteyour poem for sure has a bluesy feeling
This really resonates with me.
ReplyDeleteWonderful cadence to this. Great images and deep emotion. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeletePowerful. I can imagine these to be the final thoughts of life before dying. Well done.
ReplyDeleteTook me a couple of lines to get into the reading, but when that happened I was enjoying your flow a great deal. Powerful, especially the build up to the ending. Nice work, Kodjo!
ReplyDeletekeep walking forward, don't look back...we done with that
ReplyDeletebeautiful
Great tribute to old friends, I enjoyed reading it and the last lines were perfect, Kodjo. Thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
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powerful imagery here... nice write.
ReplyDeletethis was a great read...really grabs you in parts..and the sentiment it portrays is spot on..cheers pete
ReplyDeletelove the rhythm and flow to this...and the snetiment to time gone by...and firends...nice one shot!
ReplyDeleteNice sentiments, Kodjo!
ReplyDeletepromise I would do the same,
ReplyDeleteJust keep walking, through time passage
Not looking back; in circles,
truly spoken... the circles we walk everyday... and a fairwell...
nice poem
Lovely, haunting and resonating poem.
ReplyDeleteLove the rhythm which keeps it flowing.
Lady Nyo
Wonderful One Shot!
ReplyDeleteThere is so much depth to your poem...from the imagery to the ryhthm!
Thank you
Lovely annie
Good use of repetitive emotion/structure, etc. Good work.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed listening to you read the poem. It really added to the emotion and feel of your words.
ReplyDeleteexciting words.
ReplyDeletewell delivered.
Thanks for linking.
You have a really cool accent I greatly enjoyed listening to your poem. Stunning I loved it so full of depth
ReplyDelete"It is fair-well to this chapter,
And nostalgia demands his minutes in silence
And I feel the pain of letting go" I adore this stanza
"And nostalgia demands his minutes in silence..."
ReplyDeleteLOVED this line.
Very nicely done!