Fleeting

As to heed from behind the wall
The call of birds in their hidden bed,
that drifts into silence.. 

Catch a light pierce through a cloud
in the night
for a minute.

A sight of a fleeting wind
A running wave
A rolling stone
From a mountain top
That doesn’t wait.

Stay for a moment.

My anxious eyes
want to keep you 
my curious hands 
to refine you
Rubbing you 
as if you are a magic lamp
which you might be.

You leave  trails 
of forgotten seeds
to be picked up 
by the hungry ones,

By the time my mind
has eaten its way, 
I have paused.

Lost.

My feet at your gate
looking at your face,

Stay for a moment.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Ink-U-Script Avatar
June 4, 2012 at 1:14 PM
You reeled me in with this one!! Beautiful!!
Palmer Avatar
May 23, 2012 at 8:15 AM
i felt like staying forever,love it
Madonsela Avatar
May 20, 2012 at 4:07 PM
this poem has a flow to it that i very much loved. Like food to the soul. Ronny
Andresen Avatar
April 17, 2012 at 7:24 AM
Like it... well done aida. - Have a nice day. - oxox Anne-Lise
Mohammed Avatar
April 13, 2012 at 3:56 PM
Interesting read Aida.. Keep on writing!! Diana
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