GREETING THE SUN (photomorph) & UNKNOWN (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

UNKNOWN

will any man ever smile at me again
the way you did that day? as if I were
an unexpected rising of the sun after
an endless night, and, surprising me
even more: what could such radiance on
your usually artfully neutral face mean; well,
I haven't a clue, not then, not now, and being
so bereft of any knowing, I've simply held
the memory of your brief break out smile
as one more of life's many mysteries,
even as I yearn for the solace
in these times when shadows run
a repetitive show,
of standing in the glow
of that smile again,
transfixed by its ephemeral flash
of the unknown


[non-dream free verse poem written 9-16-18. There may be a connection between it being my deceased brother's birthday today and this poem. Although the poem is overtly about someone else actually in my life now, my brother did have a rare sort of smile on occasion. Like this one in a photo of him as a child. Yes, a very posed picture, but that look in his eyes is genuine:

Photomorph at top of this post: "Greeting the Sun" (8-17-18 008v6a) 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]
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