Chapter Two

Chapter Two -poem-Neva Flores

 

Sometimes I get tired of having so little time
and plainly seeing my surroundings
crying out before the scent of dawn
has bloomed.
Can a single cloud breathe in
all of the warm air
that hails my universe,
removing all reason to wake up,
live life and resume?

I look at fleeing ships
whose sails are full of thunder
and I hear a song
dissolving the wildest parts of me.
Each note dances in the breeze
dropping its own melody
inside my heart
until it becomes the only thing
I hear inside my soul
and I struggle to even
breathe.

 I was a cabin boy on a tallmasted ship.In the Straits of Gibraltor.Yes they did not know I was female but that was my well kept secret.one does have to survive in this world and by hook or crook I planned on doing just that.my name is Samuel.well really Samantha..been called Sam a while so the transition /switch to samuel was fairly easy.I figure Im close to 8yrs, maybe 9 and I'm scrawny and quick.Business was done in cramped quarters so no-one was the wiser.My best friend was Joque, he kinda wanted a son I reckon, he was partial to Me and gave Me the easy work and fed Me all the time..you know the fresh stuff so I wasn't inclined to scurvy..apples whens theys were here...oranges and salt in rations he kinda shared with me.Odd how I was found at sea and in the middle of nowheres they say..just like I was plunked down in the ocean like a drowning rat , lucky it was in front of the HMS Frigate Triumph..not much to see but it was dryer than I had seen in a while...anyways Joque fished me out and dryed Me up ..said he'd never seen a boy with that much hair.so a hair cut was in order...threw me some dry clothes that dinna smell like stinky fish and here I were.

Reviews

[Larry Dyson]

SO, My Muse for the evening..you have once again used your fabulous words to convey the jist of the writing, thinking process and summed it all up in a sentence...that I consider amazing to have as an ability...your summations are worth the time and energy to publish ..alone,,,I am truly honered to be in the presence of such talened writers and reviewers ...more it will be and the illumination is all but lit and shining brightly...TY..Laury

[Chris]

Doing well - keep up the work...

Chris

[Muse]

So with these two chapters..... you are trying to capture the essence of the mood, and the thoughts being shared by these authors.........and you are creating a plot to turn these poems that are mostly filled with metaphors..... into something more tangible? These characters are becomeing one in the same space, but the time can vary..... It's about keeping true to the spirits and the Muses that inspired you all??? Even if I'm wrong.....I think you are crafty and talented my friend. :)

[Raven Starhawk]

A robust flavor that resides in those lines gives me a surge in creativity.