With Name

With Name I shall cast my anchor
Taking care to never wreck the coral
Stone tablets I’ll cast to the sea
Stationery, my vessel in the breeze.
On the bow of this ship, my mind is free.

Loveliness became the shores before me.
Exquisite beauty in the shape of palms
Shimmering paths into vine covered hills
A stream runs up to a lake in the clouds
Feeding layers of clovers and grass and sage
Then rain came down and became the stars.

My stone tablets held fast in the breeze.
Remaining stationary on my vessel I see as
Evening became day and the stars became trees
Elegant curves fair the shores before me.
Gentle licks from a dove said above is to be
On the brow of a Love as alluring symmetry
”... to pleasure you, gives pleasure to me…”

A swirl of winds exchanging ecstasy
"The melodious song of a meadowlark"
Became blades of grass in a near by park
And a sun was set by this lost horizon…
On my ship I wept for my eyes were on.

Such beauty in their hearts as solitude
Peaceful grace as ease became longitude
Spring days lead to summers of Plentiful
Gentle Love is the Way of the people here
“The dying is slow and long are their years”
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Hill Avatar
May 5, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Wow, what an interesting write, I love all the detail and how it all weaves together for such an interesting thought provoking story! keep it up!
Norman Avatar
April 4, 2010 at 1:01 PM
Some outstanding lines in this one Izzy 'Then rain came down and became the stars.' is one of my favourites! The process of constant renewal and our fleeting glimpse at this while we cast our anchor with our name is pure elixir to the mind, i've read through it a few times now and it gets better every time!! '"The dying is slow and long are their years"' :) double thumbs up from me. pea's and the good stuff
Gumbo Avatar
March 27, 2010 at 7:43 AM
Thank you both! This was actually inspired by a friend of mine using the word Pulchritude in a poem... i looked it up, then wrote this. Inspired by Synonyms... I'm such a nerd ;) lol.
Ryerson Avatar
March 22, 2010 at 11:03 AM
What a beautiful piece of work from your pen, Izzy!...I always like reading your poems even if don't always understand them... that's what makes them GOOD and thus I must make my own interpretations!... I just like the way they flow, ya' know? I would guess this one is about your vision of heaven?...Or perhaps making love?...Or perhaps, perhaps...etc.?...Your friend - Tim
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