"Paper Dragons..."

Author - KWP 's work"See The Truth, Be The Truth" http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/KWPisME/1307044/ inspired this...

http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/KWPisME/1307044/

I read the linked piece by author KWP and afterward thought of looking into an old (rediscovered from an attic) - saved cardboard box full of bits and reminiscences and how the mind reflects back on "other" moments.  

"Paper Dragons..."

Some things make perfect sense 

...now 

- that didn't then;

and others have power -

such POWER they pause me,

take me away,

bring me ...here -

where the ice burns hard and

so intent...

and I'm left looking into ...being me.

I don't know how to cry

for should haves

...anymore.

Damn.

Chris

Author's Note

feel free

Reviews

[Delmar Cooper]

I think I understand that "Damn." D****t.

[Chris]

Life seems to do that nowadays ...a lot.

[Mary]

I'm not sure whether to feel sad for your inability to mourn for your losses or happy that you've reached a point were you're unwilling to waste your time on the unchangeable. Regardless, I like it.

[m.s.early]

Some things make perfect sense
...now
- that didn't then

This reminds me of reading spiritual literature. You know how you can read something once and have an understanding, then set it own and come back and it has a new meaning? I've always been told that type of new understanding id reflective of spiritual growth

where the ice burns hard and
so intent...

like liquid nitrogen.

and I'm left looking into ...being me - and when this brings contentment, we're almost there

reading this has been a provocative experience. thank you for sharing.

[Bluefire]

This is unlike anything I've read before. It made me pause and think instead of imagine an go along.
I love the title, "Paper Dragons" it reminds me of something I'm fond of.
Well penned. ^^

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i feel free to say this is so well said, Chris--you never cease to amaze me...the way you put words on a page is so poetically sound...but the logic behind your words, the philosophy always stops me in my tracks...
and makes me start running either towards or away from myself.

i am reminded of a bob seeger lyric..."wish i didn't know now what i didn't know then"!

[Chris]

Seeger had a way that paused the world.

[Corset]

lol, I love how you ended this with a curse word, reminds me of something I would have done, in fact the entire poem is highly relatable in so many ways. hell you had me at the title...

[Frieda P]

Your paper dragon landed right on my head, your poems always do Chris....

[sharonlee]

Paper Dragons fly kite-high
lifting memories into the sky
... I watch the freedom of retrospect
unable to hold the string...

[Chris]

Sometimes the Kite is Master... and we are the dangling and minuscule "ants".

[sharonlee]

Minuscule but never diminutive x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XGq9gqbmlw

[Chris]

THAT was too cute!!

[sharonlee]

Its a series called Minuscule... a favorite of mine.

[Chris]

I will bookmark it too

[sharonlee]

Profound little skits... they make me think of life and such.

[Chris]

very well done...took a fair bit of work!

[J. J. Nightingale]

A little girl was alone..
The sun came up for just about everyone
Blue-bells and daffodils knew it's warmth
And leaves fell softly, then floated-ever-free
Little birds in their nest awaited a return..
And a little girl was alone..

A woman's mind wanders.. just about every-where
Dreaming up little dreams of-
The ways her life should have been
And leaves swirl round and round
In circles so profound
And the little girl is alone again

J.J.

© 2013 J. J. Nightingale

[Chris]

Seems we all deal with our "Dragons"... very well spoken aloud Jazz.

[J. J. Nightingale]

Thanks for truly listening .. and sharing the Dragons and Dreams of your world... xo

[J. J. Nightingale]

Me too .... (((HUGS))) ....


Jazz xo