EVOCATION (photomorph) & IT'S LONG ENOUGH NOW (mixed format dream poem) by Roswila

IT'S LONG ENOUGH NOW

it's long enough now,
I say, that I've forgotten her last name,
but not how she looked
doing her volunteer community work,
or the delightful sound of her laughter

they smile indulgently
at me, asserting that she wasn't very smart,
but I don't concur:
it took not only intense creativity but a lot
of smarts to cope with her mental issues

the man who mourns her
to this day agrees with me, adding that
her rooms are still there,
untouched since the day she died,
and that he sneaks in there regularly

where he sits alone,
surrounded by the evidence of her life,
letting it refresh
his memories of the woman he'd loved,
whose last name I can't even recall

but I do recall
how long ago she left a gap in our midst
and agree with others
that it's time to open up her rooms,
donate everything, repair, and paint:

let this museum space, unlit now except for passing
sun- and moonlight, become a home again for the living


[tanka series capped by a two-liner on a dream of 4-3-18. This was an actual well-loved woman in our retirement community, many years back. And I just now realized after choosing the pic to go with this post, that it's a much edited version of a photo that she liked and bought a copy of. BTW, her rooms were not kept in place, that image is part of the dream's work. And, of course, the entire dream/poem is a metaphor for issues I'm dealing with in my own (mostly inner) life. Especially the one of letting go. Photomorph "Evocation" (6-28-09 2988v5a) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

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until next time, keep dreaming,





[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”). Roswila's other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.