Steven Young Poet Free verse

Diving Deep

What is it that keeps me
Diving so deep 
Into a look
A word, 
A feeling, 
A name

For something eternal

A connection to what?

A past, a present, a future?

This dark stagnant soul
Starving for energy
Drawn to the edge
Of the big black abyss
That takes you 

Somewhere

Anywhere

Someday

But for now
There's baby smiles
Birdsongs
Fresh rain
Morning coffee
And a face
That knows yours

Even when it's long gone

Diving for nothing really
Buy squeeze the last juice
Out of this life

As if there'd be another face

And time to know it

Thank God for the baby's smile
Waking up to birds singing
Morning coffee
And, well 
You, my ghost

Kept your vow

Even after the one
And so many other
Little deaths

You don't part

I can dive to the bottom
Of everything I see
Everyone I meet
And you know I will

Damn it 

And all there's left
Is the baby's smile
Birds singing after fresh rain
and morning coffee

I've already dove so deep
and found myself
So many
Too many 
Times in
The only place I've ever been

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Beata Agustin June 12, 2022 at 7:34 AM Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The Lord's blessings be with you. Steven Young June 12, 2022 at 8:22 AM Thanks! Far as God, Jesus and blessings go, I'm happy for anyone who finds something or someone to believe in and hold on to. Whatever it takes to walk life's road.