Listening To the Hush

I sit here
grounded on the banks
a steady stream
of emotions
purl over mind's thoughts
as i skip stones
on the river below
listening to the echoes
as it babbles on

i've traveled
the same long
winding path
i watch it take
as it fades
into the fog

i close my eyes
listening to the hush
of another somber day
carried on the zephyr
of spring's rain

i see you
momentarily
reaching out
beyond shadows
before they fall

i sit here
grounded
on the banks
of time

awaiting
.... alone

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Date: 4/30/2020 9:20:00 AM
This is truly a lovely write. Solitude sometimes mixes with sadness yet brings healing reflection
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 8:02:00 AM
Thank you so much Robert :) hugs
Date: 4/29/2020 3:46:00 PM
Your sense of aloneness and your relationship to the nature of it was truly captured in your words. Lovely
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 8:02:00 AM
Thank you Lonna... nature was always my saving grace through life... hugs
Date: 4/29/2020 11:44:00 AM
I enjoyed this tranquil piece Sandra. Hugs Rick.
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 8:01:00 AM
Thank you so much Rick... hugs
Date: 4/28/2020 10:22:00 PM
Awesome poetry, Sandra, truly classic..love it..stay safe..Harry
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 8:01:00 AM
Thank you so much Harry... you stay safe as well :) hugs
Date: 4/28/2020 11:11:00 AM
Your imagery is poetry perfect - painting a picture so lifelike - you sound sad, cheer up my friend, soon we will all be celebrating, Blessings, love and hugs, Jennifer.
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 8:00:00 AM
Thank you so much Jennifer :) hugs
Date: 4/27/2020 6:31:00 PM
Almost unbearable. Almost... The anguish felt. :) gw
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 8:00:00 AM
Thank you Gershon... hugs
Date: 4/27/2020 3:48:00 PM
love this one and the feelings it evokes. Always your poems are such gems.
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 8:00:00 AM
Thank you so much Andrea :) hugs
Date: 4/27/2020 3:42:00 PM
Beautifully written Sandy . I can relate and I can feel it :)
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 7:59:00 AM
Thank you so much Heidi :) hugs
Date: 4/27/2020 3:26:00 PM
Such a lovely tone of nature and loneliness Sandy,you've penned this with great discretion and beauty as one is encaptured and drawn in. hugs and blessings, Gordon
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 7:59:00 AM
Thank you so much Gordon! hugs and blessings
Date: 4/27/2020 2:43:00 PM
Another beautifully sad write Sandy, love how this one flows like the stream!
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 7:59:00 AM
Thank you so much John... hugs and blessings :)
Date: 4/27/2020 7:15:00 AM
Having been brought up into the arms of nature , I love all its sounds and its phenomena. They make you feel alive plus they make you feel an undivided part of it. Marvelous poem dearest, Sandra. Loved it. Hugs xoxo
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 7:58:00 AM
Thank you so much Demetrios...I grew up in the country and always had nature surrounding me with its beauty... hugs and blessings XoXo
Date: 4/27/2020 6:53:00 AM
Glad to see you find comfort in sound of nature: listening to the echoes as it babbles on--so well said, Sandy. Emotions always lurk in the background as you so well illustrated my friend.
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Sandra Adams
Date: 5/2/2020 7:57:00 AM
Thank you Vijay...it is often a wonderful comfort when enjoying the beauty of nature... hugs
Date: 4/27/2020 1:49:00 AM
Very somber feeling reading this poem ... just you and nature ... but not that peaceful kind of solitude ... rather an emptiness when one revisits familiar things, but you, yourself, have changed. I think the isolation is getting to everyone ... stay safe, Sandra.
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Date: 5/2/2020 7:56:00 AM
Thank you Timmy... as a child it was often just me and nature, I have always loved being alone in nature... hugs
Date: 4/26/2020 9:05:00 PM
The sounds of nature are such a comfort when loneliness has its grip on us. I love where this poem took me Sandra. Thank you! xxoo
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Date: 5/2/2020 7:54:00 AM
Thank you so much Connie... hugs XoXo
Date: 4/26/2020 8:44:00 PM
Such beautiful and intimate melancholy, Sandra. I was captivated by the emotion of your imagery - deeply moving poetry. Warmest wishes to you always.. ~Susan
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Date: 5/2/2020 7:54:00 AM
Thank you so much Susan... hugs
Date: 4/26/2020 8:34:00 PM
I hope we don't have to wait much longer to go out and enjoy life without fear Sandra, thank you for sharing your poem, Blessing and heart prayers
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Date: 4/26/2020 8:37:00 PM
thank you so much Pixie... my work is probably off till at least august... I too hope this pandemic ends soon.. it's been keeping my muse silent and when I sit to write it seems to sneak in the current events... thanks for the read... stay safe, hugs and blessings :)
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