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Didn't know where to post this. I found it in a box in the garage today. Thought I would share it. I wrote this years ago. Not sure what the heck it is. Just had to write it and get it out of my head.



Dead Calm


Eternal ocean sprawling under sun kissed sky. I am a sailor.
In my youth, I set course and sail propelled by strong winds.
Swift and sure, I steer by stars.
Strong and true, I let no obstacle stay my journey
Upon adulthood, I am stricken by Dead Calm
Ocean is glassy and still
Wind deserts my sail; waves my hull. Stars glow, useless.
At times I sense a surefire change in the air. I rush to set sail and course.
Sense betrays and wind comes not.
Day to day I write in my log. Soon there will be wind. Soon a journey.
I wait. I watch. I write. I dream.
My dreams fill paper between daily logs.
When will wind blow? Which direction? How hard? When will wind blow?
I forget my old journey, so long ago. I stare at my reflection in the still waters.
I’ve aged. I’ve suffered, true. I’ve triumphed, also true. I’ve aged.
I return to writing in my log. Withered hand to withered page.
Book is full, of a sudden. No pages left. And still, no wind.
I turn to the beginning, read through the logs, the dreams, and still more logs and dreams.
I read not as a writer, but with reader’s eye.
I find interest in my dreams. Stories told and retold. Reader is pleased.
I find another book; begin to write more dreams. Not to pass time, but to write.
It is good, this Dead Calm.
A change comes to me in the air. A breeze, so light, flips page.
Sail flutters. Bow breaks wave.
Wind returns.

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Succubus

It has depth.

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cyberspecter

Well thank you.

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Selorian

Paul,

You're right, definitely not poetry, but very close. I like it overall. There is depth to it, just as Succubus said. I have no idea what you were thinking of when you wrote this so many years back, but I will give a brief description of what I see from it. Lol, always a dangerous thing when I try to interpret the meaning of something like this.

I get that there is enthusiasm and imagination in youth. It propels us during those years when our minds are full of grand ideas and the craving for the new and exciting adventures.

During adulthood, we lose most of the child-like wonder, and we turn our attention to the mundane. We become stagnant in our lives and concentrate on what we have to do to get through life.

At the end of life, in old age, we look back on all we have experienced and we see the wonder of the journey, therefore igniting the imagination once again with the knowledge of experience.

May be the farthest thing from what was being thought, but just my interpretation.


Cliff

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Scratches

It was like a haiku, then another haiku, then another, tearing into each other like holes punched into paper.

That's my take on it.

(By the way, I liked it. )

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cyberspecter

Thank you both for reading this.


You're interpretation was pretty much on the money Cliff. Chalk it up to bad health and feeling old at the time, I guess.

Was so long ago, don't really recall...

Hi Scratches! Yep does kinda resemble haiku...

Thanks again you two.

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