Attribution: I Made Yanuarta DPY
Image: Sunset at the Kuta Beach, Bali (here)Wordle words chosen: 27 out of 36:
blood, life, soul,
instrument, tear, flesh
written, aim, fortune, gift, petition, needs,
innocence, silence, thundered, subdued
fickle, heart, bone, breath, shiver ,afterlife
plumes, crystallized. aperture, paradise,
entwined
Young blood relentlessly
pursuing in life an instrument
of honor to aim high in
thundered silence
To petition his needs in all
innocence he sought a gift
a subdued gift an
acknowledgement by
acknowledgement by
nature of his heart and soul
Fickle as it was to breath easy
it sent a shiver to his bone
Entwined paradise crystallized
in a manner of fortune written
with a tear in the flesh
A peek through an aperture
to the afterlife he could see
gingerly rising plumes of smoke
He still had the quizzical look
when he left and
asked
himself, 'but why now'?
Written for rsp's hosting We Write Poems with the Wordle #7
words given and Kerry's hosting of Open Link Monday at Real Toads
words given and Kerry's hosting of Open Link Monday at Real Toads
Why now? Makes you wonder if you could know the future would you want to?
ReplyDeleteI would not, even though I question and ask for answers.
Deleteinteresting... i love that second to last stanza. hmmmm.
ReplyDeleteThis is quite a story ~ Why now indeed??
ReplyDeleteI don't think I'd want to know the future, have difficulty dealing with the present.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
seamless weave of the words, Hank ~
ReplyDeleteThe future holds so much...many things I wouldn't wish to know beforehand...great write
ReplyDeleteA little look may not hurt
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know some of the bad things beforehand, then I could avoid them
ReplyDeleteWe should never know the future. Live the day, the moment.
ReplyDeleteinteresting question in the end hank
ReplyDeleteto get a peek at the afterlife could be a rather scary thing
or it could be comforting...all depends on what you see
smiles.
I have often asked, "why now?" Have always gotten the same answer, "Why not?"
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
The pursuit of life with a glimpse of the afterlife.
ReplyDeleteIt was short, I think it always is.
The older I get the faster time flies. To then.
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The fourth stanza is brilliant, the rest is as well, that is a lot of words to jam in there and you did it seamlessly and with great effect. And then the question....loved this.
ReplyDeleteWhy now, indeed? And what is causing those plumes of smoke in the afterlife? I can't help but think of incense, in a celestial temple from the beyond..
ReplyDeleteWell done, Hank!
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