Ten Thousand Holes

Do you sometimes wish
you could throw back your shoulders
and visit shadows where feelings are dull?
Especially on those days
when you wonder if their grip could be loosened,
or if it would stay to meet voices,
weary of making soft turns
around bodies of favor.

Each of us claims to sense the withdrawal of what
we thought we knew as ripples
against valleys once held in our hours.
Yet, when the sound of the wind
wanders in to see,
we avoid eye contact with the truth.

Although, we journey through life ready to feel
the tides that change the shores
on which we move,
still we hold onto insincerity preached
right in front of us.
Is this because we lack the character
to look them in the eye?

Vibrations issue from your plans, precisely lighting
on your hopes and troubling
your breathing. Then, ten thousand holes
are left in your heart to mourn
what has been lost in shards of rumbling self-pity.

No, a composition cannot tiptoe around the sound
holding your heart as it breaks in two.
Yet, it can certainly open the door
so that you can hear what your spirit says.
I write these words
inside my heart in hopes you will copy them
in your own.
My wish for you is to mend
the same as me. 

Author's Note

Artist - Rafal Olbinski - http://www.tendreams.org/olbinski.htm

Reviews

[Audrey Howitt]

Lovely work Neva. It does feel like a story or essay in its flow, but it has the heart of "Poem" all through it. I think it sad that we sometimes feel that poetry has to have a certain set of parameters in order to be considered "poetry." Your heart is so clearly marked on every line of verse here. Just lovely!

[EMF]

Just sit back, with some good blues, a decent smoke and a good coffee and let this wash over you. The prose reads like verse, and is. It slowly, gently lifts the skin on cynisism and exposes the feelings beneath. Unparralelled.
100 plus

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

This story made me feel held in comforting arms that protect.
Thank you for this beautiful wisdom.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

What a wonderful way to describe how two people can become one and how love can mend past pains.

[Labu]

This is beautiful Neva, love it

[Lily Mae]

Such an intense write.. "I write these words inside my heart in hopes you will copy them to your own".. simply raw, and beauty beyond compare..xx

[brenda]

love the picture beauitfukl poem neva can relate to it !:)

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

So beautiful, the depth contained and wisdom in each stanza speaks volumes :)

[Rene Velez]

words of wisdom Neva, thought provoking and honest...

[Kat Collins]

Beautifully written...if only we all would listen to the whispers of our hearts. The world might be a different place.

[unknown]

So true Neva guess the holes hold the missingg pieces to our shores