Waterfront, keep it for another day

Well, I haven't a clue what it's about, but the imagery is quite beautiful. The opening line "a child of pain deaf to kindness" has my mind racing, imagining life in a box of sorrow that is surround by love that can never enter...
JJ

Well, I was at the waterfront today and wondered how it would feel to jump in. Kind of silly actually.:) and being happy ...just fleeting moments, like swallowing sunshine and then its gone, leaving one thinking if it actually happened.:) glad you read the poem though Poetryman.

Thank goodness you explained the poem to Pooetryman, because
I, too was trying to understand the poem. Loved your thoughts, but
even after I reread it after reading your explanation I could still not
"understand" it. So sorry, but, like I said, I enjoyed the reading, it was
a graceful piece of writing.

Thanks Scooter you are so kind....an abstract piece of writing eh...haha...now that I reread it you are right...a little like nonsense actually.:)

Grace,

Great food for thought. There is a time for spontaneous action and a time for restraint; but only hindsight knows the future.
Enjoyed!

tornado

Hi Tornado...it could have been mighty uncomfortable if I had followed my impulse. A dunk is no joy...thanks for reading.:)

I think the "child of pain" and "the woman plain gone" might be the same person.  She has found refuge to some extent in her imagination.  Occasionally, though, she has fleeting thoughts of jumping off the dock.  I think we all do in our own variations.  Keeping such thoughts for another day are a good idea, but hopefully that day is way down the road.  Personally, I stay off the waterfront entirely.  I could have been a contender.

Thanks Crowfly you are so right. Always from childhood due to an abusive father who had once punished me by throwing me into a stream, Im scared of water...stream..river..sea. As an adult whenever Im unhappy I have interesting contemplation with water. Haha:) thanks for reading.