For all the things I did not say

Rippling flexing golden shore
Greets the ocean sky
A swelling lament for you
The wet rolling drum
Incessant and chaotic
Casts a line to my heart
It reels me in
To gather there
‘Pon swaying green
As my soul pours
From leaking eyes
Decanted like wine
I am fragrant with regret
For all the things I did not say.

Reviews

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

“ For all the things I did not say.”- poignant and deeplytouching my ohana. Beautiful imagery of the sea’s ebb and flow-like life...You remind us so well that we should speak our love in the moment of life that we are given because that moment is not promised to anyone. All my love ohana & Happy Thanksgiving! Xo Auntie Annette

[barleygirl]

Your writing, especially when it feels mournful or passionate, really grabs a reader & pulls 'em in! The one thing I'm not good at is expressing deeply heartfelt emotion in my writing (I always go raunchy or flippant). That's why I envy & admire your ability to reach down deep & deliver what you find in a way that's so fresh & immediate & unadorned . . . you trust your material, not needing to embellish, delivering the basic truths of life with a gut punch. The last two lines are awesome! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[jacob erin-cilberto]

geez, there are a few people i can think of here...wishing i had said what i didn't...but there is one particular friend i lost...and in our last conversation...i did say something that i have always been glad that those were my last words to her.
this has such a good point to it...and yet the imagery is so perfect...like a painting i remember...one of a fisherman..
j.

[Island Hippy]

Much mahalo Jacob, appreciate you sharing a moment.

[Einstein Noodle]

oh Island Hippy!!! how wonderful this read is to me... wow! i am so moved i just want to sit here in the effects of this poem .. such good wisdom to carry with me into the day .. i am going to have to start writing them down as this is the 3-4th such poems i have read ..so moving and with good sound wisdom .. love this me friend!
E.

[emmajoy]

' I am fragrant with regret ~ For all the things I did not say. ..'

Dear, dear Izzy, not for one minute will you have failed to share your heart with your darling daddy. You're far more than that - a never wavering little light that was given power by that very dear man.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Descriptive and filled with sadness. Absolutely love the penultimate line. A stand out one me thinks.

PS do you do reviews?

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

This is heartbreaking and beautiful. The word choice paints a canvas, a vision for the soul.