"Mid-winter's Sunshine..."

A comment's pause

I paused with Emily B. “Taking A Walk”

https://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Emily-B/2866393/#comments

and she drew me in.  It is definitely worth pause and remembrance.  The mind finds its way to where it WANTS to be - who’ld a thunk?

 

“Mid-winter’s Sunshine…”

 

Memories of "other" days crowd close.

Walks ... voices ... daydreams forming unbidden.

Then the wishes, and the mind's glowing,

hours becoming moments -

becoming - moonlight's breath...

 

And tomorrows meander by,

the sound of rain within -

as people pause, reach, touch -

are you asleep as your eyes remain open

and lost in the darkness?

 

Do you feel your soul lift then wandering

the paths you already know by heart?

Can you nightly wander?

How far? 

Do you daily wonder?

Are the thunderous columns of roiling ether

hearth and home? - or an allusion of illusion?

 

What do YOU hear - feel - know?

What was “NOW”!

Do you soar, float, fall in joy or fear?

Is LIFE the dream and being AWAKE

is your present?

 

I hear heartbleats…

Can you hear your own?

 

Chris

Author's Note

Feel free.

Reviews

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

what a deep and mesmerising work. like diving into the ocean to find alien worlds, this verse pulled me under and dazzled me with its many lifeforms. words are alive, and like coral, creates beauty.
Do you feel your soul lift then wandering
the paths you already know by heart?
... i do. this feeling of being in a familiar place, whether that is a physical location or a memory.
Can you nightly wander?
How far?
... yes, i try. i have a very vivid imagination and i walk down these valleys usually at night. i can walk for miles ad miles, lost but happy in this private world.
thank you for sharing this. it's given me a lot to reflect on.

[Chris]

I've been to places that aren't any more...the mind revisits what we knew. I've looked at parking lots, empty malls, deserted and crumbling factories and remembered houses, people, forests, fields and streams. I walked in California and Hawaii and Japan - so many, many ghosts now of what and who were.

[Thomas W Case]

Truly powerful work Chris. The mind is powerful. Great work.

[Chris]

I do hope you also paused with Emily B..

And thanks for pausing here.

[Shweta]

That was like a punch to the gut. Shaking you all up as if saying, Wake up!.

Powerful write, Chris!

[Neville]

there is more genuine warmth here than in a whole shedload of convector heaters on a winter's eve .. bravo & best wishes conveyed .. Neville

[poetgurl]

What do YOU hear - feel - know?
What was “NOW”!
Do you soar, float, fall in joy or fear?

AWESOME wording here in this stanza, I do all three but not sure why though.
I would soar if I had wings to do so. Sometimes there is joy and fear
and let's not forget pain. This is really good. Enjoyed this

[Chris]

You're welcome to come by anytime Meg... laters.