Ricochets

We live in our fantasies and endure our realities. Robert Anton Wilson

Hankering after the reality

stoically, I feast upon the fantasy,

my slowly running dry well of memories

 

sometimes it’s only just an appraisal

of what I never will be able to taste,

stolen glances of intimacy,

words that I read and project,

 

echoes of what I hear

which fling back inside my head

as ricochets,

make more damage

than one well-aimed shot,

 

I see distorted pictures

in the fragments that remain,

shadows that once belonged to the light,

to a person who is flesh and blood

who lives and loves

caresses and kisses

 

the peace I know comes from resignation

knowing that the other side of the world,

even if it’s green or dark,

a land of sea and new

as in birth, as in discovering

 

will be forever unknown to me.

 

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere

29/08/2015

 

 

 

Reviews

[B]

I love this Rudi
Seeing more than what is visibly there
Memories create a platform
of what you can see
in a way you discover as well a new way to something unknown
i love how fluid this piece is
like a beautiful bracelet to be admired on a stand and fits perfectly on one's arm
gorgeous

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you very much, Nisreen. Glad you liked it. Have a good day. :) Rudi

[B]

You too :)

[Latifa]

a touching peace, I can hear your voice through your words, nice!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Latifa, glad you liked it. :) Rudi

[Erika]

This is beautifully written. It made me think of a distant past that I continue to reach for.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Erika, for reading and reviewing. Glad you liked it. So true what you said in your comment but it's also about the present and the future, knowing that I'll never be able to do the things I want to do. :) Rudi

[Kelly Scheppers]

Your words carry a litany of our very own, Rudi. Your intuitive nature is most engaging, my friend!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you so much, Kelly, for reading and commenting, glad you liked it. :) Rudi

[Robert]

If you have peace of mind what else could you ask for, or should you ask for? Well done Rudi.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Robert, for visiting and reviewing my poem. Glad you liked it. :) Rudi

[Jamestown]

Well penned!
I think we all see distortion sometimes:(
Great read,thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, James, for visiting and reviewing. Glad you liked it. :) Rudi

[Willard Wells]

Fantasy and reality in some minds do tend to merge. We will always have fantasies of places we have heard of but may never see. Always another adventure around the corner to take. But is it real or fantasy. You may never know as you say. Well penned. I like it.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Willard, for visiting my writing and reviewing it. Glad you like it. :) Rudi

[R Smith]

I get the notion of the other man's grass is always greener from this excellent poem, you have written a gem here Rudi :)

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Richard. In Dutch we have the same proverb. There's so much truth in those old sayings. Glad you liked it. :) Rudi

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Rudi...

this makes me think of, well, Me.

often looking back to the old days which seemed much better...and maybe that is just a fantasy that they were...but the reality now and ahead often seems so bleak...many of us long to go back---but we may just be kidding ourselves that it was a more involved time back then.

loved the journey of this poem...

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, Jacob, always interesting to read your thoughts. Indeed, we may have a coloured version of the past and even of the things we haven't done yet. It's so difficult to stay objective about memories or even wishes. :) Rudi

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This is another well composed piece, Rudi...i believe many of us can relate to simply appraising those things we'll never have in our lives and that we will always wonder about what lies just out of reach...and we can read into words, projecting our own interpretations but then we run the risk of having them bouncing back and forth in our brains until those thoughts drive us crazy... loss is never easy, be it death or separation for other reasons... well-done, my friend

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, FT, at some point we have to be happy with what we have. Thank you, for reading and reviewing, my friend. :) Rudi