James Moore Poet Free verse

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Youll Never Come Back

("Nonbinary", 2023, original encaustic)

You’ll Never Come Back…

Thrown into an ocean 
Deeper and vaster than thought
Carried on waves of sound
Waves of light
Propelled on waves of bliss
Through a portal 
That has no name
No place
No time
But here and now

Washed up on a shore
After the storm 
Bathed in warmth
Exhausted of all content
Left alone
At the heart of it all
Connected to it all
Without a doubt

Someone whispers
Somewhere 
Just beyond sight
“You’ll never come back”
And in an instant
I am thrown into doubt
Back to what!?
To this timeless place
Or what I left behind?

And then in the next
Caught up in those waves
Propelled 
Life goes on
Same as it ever was
Forever changed
Forever fresh
Forever

(9/27/23)

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Ziva Vaidya November 18, 2023 at 7:10 AM I'm so fcin mesmerized from this one James... Idk if I would ever be able to read such a thing again... You're doing really well lots of luv!.. James Moore November 18, 2023 at 7:13 AM Awww. Thanks Ziva!

Bill Baker September 27, 2023 at 3:43 PM Thought-provoking poetry, James, thanks for giving us something to think about. Your poem was very believable to me, and I sense the meaning of the phrase, "You’ll never come back”, is based on the fact that we are always in the process of changing, so we can never come back to anything. The person we were will never be that person again, so it's not possible to ever come back to anything. Even though it is a timeless place, it will never be the same again, because again is time related. Bill James Moore September 27, 2023 at 4:42 PM Yes - you got it! We can never go back and we can never be the same...and in that sense we can never lose the ever fresh present moment, although it certainly feels like we do (under the weight of time)! It's reassuring to know it keeps flowing/changing. Thanks for your comments Bill - good day to you good sir!