Navigating the Back Waters

Inspired by Fabian's poem "1965"

Navigating the Back Waters

 

 

 

 

makeshift paper and stick boats

floating through creek current

in my 12 year old mind.

 

i am a youth again,

reminiscing of how those crafts 

got through the maze of stones

and moss and fallen branches

 

just to get to some make-believe port of 

authority, 

that gave us the authority

to be the kids we were,

when we were...

 

and now those beds have long since dried up

the boats broken in pieces,

grounded,

but still anchored to our memories

 

i will always be that boy

the captain of my youthful fantasies

 

even as i shift my reading glasses

to write these words.

 

i remember that stream of childhood consciousness

as if Faulkner were beside me

coaxing my pen to set sail.

 

 

erin-cilberto

8/8/15

Reviews

[Alisa Js]

Beautifully expressed and written.

Memories are indeed priceless.

Thanks for sharing.

Alisa

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Alisa.

j.

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This is sweet, Jacob :) It's so good to keep fond memories to get us through the rest of what life throws at us

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, lynn.
appreciate your words.
j.

[andrew mitchell]

I use to race leaves in the creek or along the street gutters. They were magic days somewhat fragmented now but always with me. Nice reminiscing poem on exploring the world as a kid having fun until the age of growing up kicks in lol

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, it kicks us in and out....thank you, andrew...i really appreciate your expressive reviews.
read moreyes, it kicks us in and out....thank you, andrew...i really appreciate your expressive reviews.

j.

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it appears many of us have been navigating those waters lately, Jacob...to everything a season, my friend, and i am thankful we get to recall those days when we were whatever we wanted to be...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i know, so many lately are telling me that those days had so much bad too...i know the sixties had upheaval and many problems....but there was still movement, togetherness...and the fifties, when i was really young---those days just seemed and still feel so much less complicated and simple...i will always have a part of me that lives there.
thank you.

j.

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I agree, Jacob...there seemed to have been more connectedness and I know life here was much less complicated...

[JayceeC]

Oh the freedoms we had in our youth to create our own adventures. I am not sure that those innocent adventures are add common these days. What memories youth wastes.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, they do waste them, for sure...thank you for your words, Jaycee....

j.

[Braden Freeman]

I think we are all the captains of our youth. We should never forget who we are. We are more than what we have become. We must regain that youthful awareness. Loved this piece.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i agree with all of your keen insight....yes, regain that awareness....we need to.

thank you for your visit, Braden.

j.