Paul Willason Poet Free verse

No Answers But Echoes

There are no answers,
just the outgoing tide
leaving a poem written
in the sand to be washed
away when the tide
comes in again.

I am lost in the detail,
the exquisite swirls
and rippled script
of its creation, I explore 
each worm excavated hole
as if it hides

a secret truth within
when I know it doesn't.
Meaning is beyond
the cycles of the tides,
beyond my mind
and even this world -

it is written across 
the shoreline of the infinite
echoing like a seashell
in the places I have
never been able
to fill.

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Sam Scott February 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM Ah Paul.. I hope you are also a painter but if not you fill the empty page with such exquisite language that I can visualise the moment that captured your attention. Poets are tasked to explain the unexplainable, to capture the infinite and articulate the fleeting. You do this with aplomb. I am glad you are here. Blessings S:) x Paul Willason February 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM Hi Sam....I do apologise for the delayed response to your gracious comments. Thankyou so much for such positive and thoughtful words, quite a honor. Regrettably my skills as a painter never matched my hopes..always found I could frame something better in words....even to attempt to wrestle with the unexplainable ...I seem to be drawn to the challenge with limited success. Take care my friend...

Deb M January 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM Hauntingly beautiful Paul! Debx Paul Willason February 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM Many thanks Deb....sorry for the delayed reply. As always, value your kind words. Take care, Paul

Daniel Henry Rodgers January 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM Hello Paul, As I read this, I thought about how your words feel like stepping barefoot into a sacred tidepool. Each line carries the weight of longing and the lightness of surrender. I guess that we all carry that. A great read this morning! Winter Blessings, My Friend, Daniel Paul Willason February 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM Hi Daniel...appreciate your thought provoking comments. Good to learn how a poem lands in the mind of the reader...eloquently expressed...thankyou for your kindness. Paul