My Refuge

Your words soothe the searing pain.
They restore trace amounts of self.
I wonder if you knew, as these kind
words of encouragement tumbled from
your fingers onto the keys, that you
were building a raft that would float
near me in a ceaseless sea of emptiness.
Your words are the refuge that I seek
out when the reality of my eternal solitude
takes hold and tries to strangle my soul.
Your words are my soul's horizon.

Reviews

[Kristina Moulaison]

This is beautifully worded and also a great metaphor. I love each line, but "they restore trace amounts of self" really makes me happy. The image you create of a never ending sea and a lonely drifter, which we all are, is quiet and lovely... and that you end with hope, beautiful! "I wonder if you knew that you were building a raft"...well I can't quote the whole thing back to you, but I love it all.

[Kristina Moulaison]

Did you find that picture or did you make it?

[Creepy Swine Guy]

Oh I am artistically challenged ... I found it.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Your words soothe the searing pain
They restore trace amounts of self--love these lines, and they are fabulous openers.

I honestly love the the sublime, easy, moving feel of this one. This is something I can imagine a lover reading to me as I lay in bed...so beautiful.

[Creepy Swine Guy]

Thank you ma'am for your very kind review. I appreciate the encouragement.

[Donald Meikle]

Standing beside a stream of words listening to them ceaselessly falling in rhythm and rhyme to gravity's unending magnetism. It's almost like being in Wales

[TL Boehm]

Your words are my soul's horizon. You know me well enough I think to know how I suffer from bouts of the IVM (internet validation monster) and for me - finding someone who will encourage my ramblings is truly like breathing life into me. I found this piece resonant.

[J. Hampton]

what a wonderful way to bless your muse and inspiration
it is arrival when ones words inspire someone so
.... see their review
you sleep on your poetry this is wonderful

fantastic...