Lucy

I find the red light
On a corner of a field of stone.
Lucy something – was she just thirteen?
Or maybe that century was a carved eighteen?
I ponder what she lived in stories I will never know.
Dropped by the hands of ghosts and demons,
Choking on Forever’s bread crumbs
Into always another tomorrow.

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Robert Lindley

Date: 9/20/2020 5:38:00 PM

I visited our mother's grave yesterday. Before I left I checked out the other grave stones there. Many are of those passed away since I left my hometown--older people. Some are even before my father's time. Some quotes are exceptional. Your poem speaks of life's mysteries and riddles. And death's final touch. Very well done my friend ....

Rob Carmack
Date: 9/21/2020 6:48:00 PM

TY Robert.

Skat A

Date: 6/12/2015 1:07:00 AM

Rob, Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. SKAT love

Daver Austin

Date: 6/9/2015 11:00:00 AM

Ah yes, the mystic marble orchard. The great violinist, Paganini, used to play in the graveyard for the dead. Your speculation is universal. Good stuff. congrats on the selection. daver

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/4/2015 4:32:00 PM

hey, thinking of how you like to be so cryptic, is this by chance another allusion to LSD, Lucy in the sky with diamonds or something??

Rob Carmack
Date: 5/5/2015 12:29:00 AM

No, I was just sitting at a red light one day by a cemetary. The Lucy in the sky with diamonds is a unique take on though. I like it.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 4/14/2015 8:15:00 AM

Somehow this left me with chills. There is a fairy tale darkness to this piece Rob, I like it!

Cyndi Macmillan

Date: 4/13/2015 10:32:00 PM

Red light... an interesting way to start this. Find, like you were looking ... it stopped you in your tracks. I get that sensation. Now, if you'd like, you can check this out http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/waiter_there_is_a_puck_in_my_soup_662934 Close or no cigar... lol....

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/3/2015 12:37:00 AM

I really like this eerie little poem i found of yours tonight, rob. I see it won a contest too. congrats on a well deserved win.

Doris Jamoner

Date: 10/17/2014 12:27:00 PM

Congratz on your win! ^^

Kayod5 Kayode

Date: 10/16/2014 8:48:00 AM

It is nice to see this super one on the winning list,congrats Rob.

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 10/16/2014 5:47:00 AM

Very captivating write, congrats on the win, rob

Jan Allison

Date: 10/16/2014 5:02:00 AM

This is such a tender sad write - I wonder who Lucy really was - you penned this so beautifully its a 7 from me and congrats on your win:-) Hugs Jan

Rob Carmack
Date: 10/17/2014 7:16:00 AM

Thank you Jan.