words can't shape
a container
only the slow
the lonely blues
sustain a rhythm of time
able to hold
sweet memory and loss
bottomless melodies
telling of the irreplaceable
yet vanished
as I will be
just like you
nothing much
and everything
Prompt - Lost Friend - dVerse
a container
only the slow
the lonely blues
sustain a rhythm of time
able to hold
sweet memory and loss
bottomless melodies
telling of the irreplaceable
yet vanished
as I will be
just like you
nothing much
and everything
Prompt - Lost Friend - dVerse
the bones sustaining the rhythm of time...
ReplyDeleteand the nothing much and everything
great touches in this lorna...
felt
Very nice Lorna. The more I read the more I am beginning to form an image of him in my mind. >KB
ReplyDeleteSo lovely, Lorna.
ReplyDeleteThose bottomless melodies really made it for me... great poetry
ReplyDeletenothing much and everything... love how those both contradictions fit so perfectly together...
ReplyDeleteLove the music image here. Very beautiful tribute.
ReplyDeleteTrust you to come up with something so uniquely beautiful, and in the end so profound!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done - Love the lines:
ReplyDeleteonly the slow
the lonely blues
sustain a rhythm of time
able to hold
sweet memory and loss
bottomless melodies
Your words are uniquely beautiful. A fine tribute to a good man.
ReplyDeleteAnna