"Third Table From The Left..."

Cafe

“Third Table From The Left…”

 

I wandered the Café today.  Found this:  Tears on the Boulevard

A Poem by Plainly Meg.

 

Heck of a question …Meg.  But a real one.

 

This made me look inside and thoughts started leaking.

For me, it's only when the reality within what I see …touches

behind my eyes… thank YOU.

 

Give the Lady a pause, your mind will notice.

 

 

“Third Table From The Left…”

 

I know why I wandered the Café today.

But not because -

 

It's raining here…

cold, the chill kinda cold.

The white noise silence.

A deep breath of Tuesday,

…always a Tuesday…

(do you talk your thoughts aloud?

And yeah - I’ve been known to -

a time or ten.)

 

I remembered Portugal;

a month circling Crete;

glaciers and fjords;

“To Missing Friends…”;

peacocks and gardens:

three-lane one-lane byways:

the M80:

…and then Istanbul.

 

I retouched “innocence”,

and naivete,

smiles

and the long, unseeing stares.

 

I can taste the echoes

…and that’s so wrong -

but it’s what we do now.

 

Guess I’ll go back to wandering.

Yeah, that’s it …wandering, and listening

and pausing

…to let the rain

…out…

 

Chris

 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[J. B.]

“i can taste the echos, and that’s so wrong, but that’s what we do now” really hit home for me. I really enjoyed and felt this piece.

[J. B.]

*but it’s what we do now

[Chris]

Hi, I appreciate your thoughts. Come by anytime.

[Philip Gaber]

The thought clings to me. Around the world in terse, strong language.

[Chris]

After you've been "there", the world isn't that large a place after all. Good reading YOUR work today... thanks for being here.

[Thomas W Case]

Brilliant work. I like that you use the senses. Makes it come alive.

[Chris]

May I use Tom? I do hope you pause with Meg's work... She's good.

And as you noticed - mine is alive, 'til I'm not.

[FPW]

And I guess this cafe serves its purpose in that way; as a place to drop in, wander around and read before dropping a few thoughts of our own. It’s a bit of a journey back inwards and away from the harsh realities of the outwards.

[Neville]

this is write up my alley .. a literary road trip to remember and then some .. made the corners of my mouth reach skyward and all by themselves hung there until I had finished typing .. Seasons best sir Chris .. Neville

p.s. I shall go visit Plainly Meg asap

[Ken e Bujold]

to let the rain out ... what a great metaphor. Instantly had me thinking about what it is I've been doing through all the yrs I've been wandering about this little globe. To all the places you cite, and many more, and then I smiled, thinking ... yep, letting the rain out

Merry Xmas friend

ken

[J]

"wandering the Cafe" -- exactly what you caught me doin . . . perhaps seeking reassurance I once had a brain, or I once knew how to join words in a sequence that made any sense. I can taste the echos that reverberate in your words, actually wishing time would bloody well backup, reset and give us a chance.

[Einstein Noodle]

deeply emotive, Chris ... enjoyed the imagery and even more the "Cafe" metaphor .. we all come for various reasons; but when someone finds release from difficult times ... i think it is the best! thanks for the type on Plainly Meg .. i am headed her way now .. big Merry Christmas to you
E.

[Chris]

E., you're in my thoughts...be safe.

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you Chris! i appreciate you ... and i'll try ... you be safe too
E.

[emmajoygreen]

Those words are places to rest in, to stay still and remember.. as one should. Looking back is a nothing because the past is part of the mind, re.discovered and valued.. makes a human even more human via the thoughts: extra special and memorable.

Many thanks for sharing what is needed and most definitely valued.

[Chris]

Is good seeing you Em. Hope all is well on your side of the world.

[emmajoygreen]

As it does for many people, life comes and goes with the storms but, popping in the Cafe, reading some wonderful writing and exchanging with tried and trusted friends helps me smile. Take care me long know friend, may time comfort you with memories and memories bring back the time when.. ..

[Kaylor Mason]

I really miss the winds and the wild sea

[Chris]

Nor'easters were always "fun"...