Pie in The Sky

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. - Thoreau

sinking like an anchor

festering like a canker

soaring with the eagles

parachuting down as a blind bat

i can take you low

i can take you high

moist as mother's milk

flaky and dry

these things don't cry

don't lie

don't ask why

silently

unknowingly shy

afraid to stop and kiss the sky

we all die

like the last slice of a deep dish pie

forgetting cordial hellos

remembering greedy goodbye

Author's Note

"We are ever dying to one world and being born into another. Even trees do not die without a groan. Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. It is as common as life." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Andrew Nelson Stewart]

Absolutely captured imagery of what we all hope for more time, more ways to stop and kiss the sky. Reaches across this animal land of time while trying to live flying with the eagles of lost feelings. Very delicate simple words yet how you paint them is very enlightening, potent and makes me ask for questions the whole existential angst of nuances craving into our permanent bones crying for rain. The Line
"silently
unknowingly shy
afraid to stop and kiss the sky
we all die
like the last slice of a deep dish pie
forgetting cordial hellos remembering greedy goodbye." Really puts back the feeling to the reader of closure as( Alan Watts) can end my sayings with " But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be." sincerely your friend in writing in life and poetry

[Re-Pete]

i like when you say that, "the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be." faith is defined as being based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof - a spirit must be at peace in order to trust. life has so many ways of compromising this. living in one realm and trusting in another is not an easy thing. you've got me thinking that truth is also acceptance in what happens as being meant to be however frightening or uncomfortable for us.

"The smallest seed of faith is of more worth than the largest fruit of happiness." - Thoreau

i think that when we can stand firmly in faith when the wheels are coming off then time and what it brings become irrelevant because we have a firm foundation for the present as thoreau reminds. thank you for sharing thoughts andrew ... :)

[Andrew Nelson Stewart]

Check out The Tavern by Rumi is starts off with drunkenness the tavern but in a enlightening way of setting off for truths cause the tavern is a place of suffering and variety of desires being served, but The Rumi said once " after some point in the tavern, a point comes, a memory of elsewhere, a yearning for the source and the drunks set off from the tavern and begin the return. Your absolutely right and also planting seeds or even affirmations that train the subconscious mind into blessings rather than focusing on the bad like the popular saying " we eat the fruit of our words." Meaning getting exactly what you've asked for or energy you've been putting into. The most important thing to prize in our lives is this: to do (and not to do), if you can't stop prizing alot of other things, then you'll never be free. Faith is the very opposite of clinging and holding on. Thanks for the conversation and love these kind of talks. sincerely your friend in writing and life :)

[barleygirl]

Usually when I read you, I'm filled with six different ways to interpret your words. But in this case, I was at a loss during the first read-thru. Upon a second reading, I still had to ponder a while, but then finally decided that your poem represents how messy & confusing life can be when we dive into living with all we've got, rather than holding back & going at it in a timid way. It's like downhill snow skiing, where you have to put your face into the drop, not sit back on your heels. That's the sensation I got from reading this (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Re-Pete]

as usual, you're very astute. i typically start out
on a narrow path with my writes but they have a tendency to morph and grow wider as they materialize. there is often more than one interpretation possible but my themes are usually consistent on life, troubles, faith etc. as you well know by now. i love your interpretation. as i have frequently mentioned, with you around, i don't need to write descriptions although is best left to the reader to interpret i believe. thank you margie ... :)

as ian anderson wrote in the jethro tull song thick as a brick,

"Really don't mind if you sit this one out
My word's but a whisper your deafness a shout
I may make you feel but I can't make you think
Your sperm's in the gutter your love's in the sink

... :)

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

I like the flow your poem has and the message that rides that wave so evenly to the end. Seeing the oldies song in your note as well as your quote brought a new depth to your poem as well. Wonderfully penned! Tyfs

[Re-Pete]

thanks for sharing thoughts. always appreciate you hopping by cyprian. remember to "shout" every once in a while and let it all out - that's the only way to get a slice of pie from the waitress! ... :)

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

Lol, I'll remember that. Thank You

[Re-Pete]

i'll be 'round for a read soon as i get a darned minuute or two ... :)

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

Thank you. Take your time. I don't think I'm going anywhere.