Winterberry

.is what I make.

When I don't have anything

I make things to exist beyond

All the beautiful things

That make you weep

I keep them close

What we loved over

I call it winterberry

What I keep for ever

What you cannot take away

Not from me

No not never

When I don't have any reason

not to wait for u

I think of Winterberry

and here am i 

Author's Note

Reviews

[Great Aunt Astri]

Winterberry .. what a wonderful word, for your own personal treasured world. ( when you have nothing at all to remember well!) You portray the feeling of having everything taken away, simply but really effectively. Your poem ends on 'i'. Very significant, keep that 'i' filled with 'winterberry'!

[Davidgeo]

I'm glad you appreciated the ending. Thanks.

[aLittlePain]

Still my one of my favs D, glad you reposted. R xo

[Davidgeo]

It's one of my favorites too. My only good s**t is the short stuff.

[Marina]

Where can one acquire such a berry?
I enjoyed the flow of this poem, it does indeed feel like a mantra, like KWP mentioned.

[Davidgeo]

KWP smokes crack and fights Kangaroos at truck stops for money.

Some things you just can't acquire.

[Fanfic]

In the last part, "u" should be spelt "you" and the "i" at the end should be a capital!

Other than that, good!

[Davidgeo]

If you can't tell that was purposeful you're pretty naïve. Other than that, useless review.

[Fanfic]

I am rubbish at reviewing stuff after all!

[Fanfic]

Poems are not my strong point!

I may be naive....

Or I might just be autistic!

[Davidgeo]

Ha... at least your amusing. You've totally redeemed yourself.

[Fanfic]

Have you read any of my writing? That can be amusing too!

[Davidgeo]

I hate pokemon. Unless your fan faction is extra bizarre, like, I don't know weird pokemon gang bangs or something of that ilk.

[V]

Smooth write with a relatable content. The title really drew me in, beautifully expressed and awakened my.curiosity so I decided to pay a visit. Gentle with a feeling of melancholy and almost-nostalgia. I enjoyed reading.

[Davidgeo]

Thanks Banessa

[aLittlePain]

Is this an older piece? it feels familiar. I'm feelin this, it's beautifully expressed and I know I've told you this before but I love these gentler writes. This is a piece I could read over and over. R xo

[Davidgeo]

It's kinda sorta older. I like it very much, it may be a little narcissistic of me but I like to read it frequently as well. If you look closely this theme is present in most of what I write.

[aLittlePain]

Not at all its one of those pieces that's worth revisiting

[KWP]

sounds almost like a mantra that one can tell to themselves when they really want to let something/someone go from their lives forever, cos you know, deep down when you ask yourself, is this good for me? what does it mean to me if I keep hanging on? you know you simply have to let go because today will never be yesterday and the chance of yesterday's feelings coming back in the exact same form are slim to none ... and what's the point anyway? if you have gotta let go then snap the branch, it's harsh to begin with but as you say, if you create things to keep close in times of dire need, they can certainly first act as a diversion and even change the current tack of one's trajectory ...

spiralling out of control ...

this is a great bunch of words, as such I can read them ovr and over and see them in a new 'spectrum of light' I can see exactly what I want to see, and then if I shift it a bit I can see what others may see too, it changes, like each moment, never the same ....

[Davidgeo]

Always bring provisions when you're hiking in hard places.

[KWP]

when hiking in the Everest Region - it was chocolate .... when hiking in hot Aussie landscape - it's chocolate ... when hiking up to Mt Sinai it was chocolate and hot tea ... in Milford Sound ... yep you guessed it chocolate ... now just to figure out how to bring forth the chocolate love when I don't actually have any ...

oh yeah but I get it :)

[Davidgeo]

I agree... sugar is very valuable at high altitudes. Don't forget the O2 if you venture above 20 thousand (feet, not meters, for you countries that haven't been to the moon)

[KWP]

when I was up in the Himalaya's last time I made it up to 5563 metre's ... headaches from altitude were a problem, last time I also scored an altitude cough that magically disappeared as I traversed back to lower levels ... not sure what's worse, dealing with that or keeping your eye out from Brown Snakes Aus style ... I went swimming in a waterhole on The Green Gully Track only to get out, cross to the other side and see all the Red Belly Black snakes swimming in there ... I was telling my dad ... he said they wouldn't have bothered you they can't strike in the water ... yeah thanks dad :)

[Davidgeo]

Gotta love that aussie style paternal instinct. Well, I don't, but you did.

You cant just walk up to that altitude silly... it takes many days to acclimate. You go up, then you come down, up then down, up then down, a little further each time.

Above a certain height though, you never, ever catch your breath. Even with O2.

My only fear of Australia is the snakes.... everything's friggin poisonous down under.

[KWP]

that's the sweet truth ...

[Désiré D..]

nice and short. i love it.

only problem is, personally, id keep the punctuation more consistent. just a small picking. otherwise, i feel like i can relate.

cheers

[Davidgeo]

I try and use punctuation as little as possible. I get what you're saying though, sometimes I should go against that urge. Perhaps I'll change this a little.... or at least seriously consider it. I've been hearing the punctuation gig a lot lately.

[Désiré Desrosiers]

as i hear many times

consistency is key.

keep it up

[Davidgeo]

I will do my best never to tell anyone to "keep it up".

[Davidgeo]

; ) and such

[KWP]

keep it up ... and such ;)

[DoormanDan]

Yeah, it's always good to have a little personal something to make you happy. I've recently (as in this morning, while the sun still had its hot little butt in bed) started creating that little something for myself, not that I'm not already happy. Anywho, I enjoyed reading this. Keep on writing, man. :)

[Davidgeo]

Thanks...

"Keep on writing, man. :)" - Do I seem like a fellow who needs that kind of generic motivation to write?

[DoormanDan]

Nah, 'twas just me being nice to another writer.

[Davidgeo]

Nah, you're pretty transparent, you want to be seen as a mentor or some other pretentious bullshit like that. Unfortunately, you're just some 19 year old millennial tool bag looking for a hug box. You do realize I have no respect for you right? I have no idea why your trying to be "friendly" with me, I guess you're either cant read people at all or you're intentionally trying to annoy me. Either way, you kinda suck kid.... now go away. We have nothing further to ever discuss for the remainder of our respective lives.