"Thoughtful Pause..."

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“Thoughtful Pause…”

 

We shared the sunrise…

a world and life apart.

You - somewhere out …there

Me …well, I’m always… here.

 

…thoughtful pause…

 

I’m just a silly man

...a dreamer, rememberer,

wanderer… wonderer.

I've touched stars though

…damn      such stars!  

And held hands as I could -

shared smiles,

tears,

breaths - caught  and taken.

 

We count moments

and memories

and the clocks’ ticks.

And the fading eyes,

wrinkling fingertips…

catching heart …beats

- to another rhythm

we sometimes can’t see

but only FEEL.

Only FEEL,  only

FEEL -

so lost as we close our eyes.

And the sense of what we were

overcomes the sense of now

- that we are.

 

…thoughtful pause…

 

Chris

Author's Note

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Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you are so good...all kinds of lines to make me pause...it is like soulmates who just can't be together...

they are far apart but never stop feeling each other or feeling for each other...

but circumstances make them only think of "what ifs"--and we can only feel what is there right now...no matter what it is...feel it and remember that feeling...it might be all we have.

[Enid Blake]

Why do we cherish and relive the painful ones so damn easy.

[Chris]

Maybe because we more easily recognize and relate to moments that mirror some of our own?
AND
Our own emotional relevance requires we give more weight to moments most readily impacting our psyche?

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Your poetry is such a gift, and I love to read your words out loud. It's a conversation between hearts that know and understand and share the same reflective journey with you. I love this time in life where you can look back with appreciation on the things once held, now lost, that, though gone, will forever be a part of you, and so, go on living in your words.

[Chris]

This will be the beginning of another post... People have so many assumptions during any given day - ever notice that? - I have. Many people, even children, don't understand if their friends, peers, parents, even elders actually live their lives instead of live another's expectations of how they should live their lives. Age is a mindset...that only really matters when an individual exists within other's (and sometimes their own) assumptions. I speak with the world - daily and listen even more. While some may write history - historically... some don't at all. Just a thought...

[Ruth]

Your writing has always left me paused and I read and read and read, until I am both humbled and in awe xx

[Penlady]

You are all you have written here, except the silly...but then we all need to be silly at times and if you mean "silly delightful," then yes...mostly you are a balanced man, who values the love, beauty and compassion shared between human beings and a gentleman who describes love in the most delicious terms in a way that is uniquely Chris...that is who I think you are...Happy New Year dear poet!

[Chris]

Barb, Happy New Year Hon... so grand seeing you!

[Rita L. Sev]

Your thoughtful pause... has led me to do the same. A perfect pause to take as a new year dawns...

[Sheila Kline]

A man who thinks as this is not one is who is silly, but rather one who accepts life for what it is - the past, present and future.

Our hearts and spirits may desire the past to return but when we sift the sands of time we discover that it has all been worth the dreaming, for if it were not for the dreams we might have drowned in the sorrow of the lost moments rather than realizing the value of those we have gained.

Friendship, family, love is worth every thoughtful pause, as the lost becomes found!!

A wonderful write of reflection which brings solace to my spirit!!

[sharonlee]

A thoughtful pause... where stars tinkle fingertips.... and fireworks shine in wondering eyes.... its been a special kind of pleasure, the years, your friendship.

Here to 2014.

[Frieda P]

Again with the silly man, your thoughtful pauses are what life is all about. Those moments make up our lives....I savor your every pause, thanks for sharing your insights Chris.

[J. J. Nightingale]

We.. shared moments, that now, only I seem to remember
Days and mid-nights and night-mares .. and dreams
We .. .I'm lost in THEN .. and the ways We were, together
I'm still.. here .. and you are flying..there.. and there
I'll leave the light on, as usual .. but that's about to end
We .. shared moments, that now, only I seem to remember
Over.. and Over again..


You are so real and warm . .to me..Thanks for the years of friendship, and listening

Jazz xo

[Chris]

Always Jazz...always

[J. J. Nightingale]

The above verse was about my heart-aches, young and old .. There are a few "We" remaining .. but the numbers grow smaller each and every year ...