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Waiting
At the edge of this abyss
Looking down into nothingness
A void of emptiness
Nothing within but echoes
like soughing howls
of sorrow and regret
Staring down the emptiness
Watching reflections
of the empty beginnings
thousands of yesterdays
and the meandering paths
of thousands of tomorrows
I shall traverse those
alone without you
Single faltering footsteps
teetering along precipice
of deep loneliness
a miserly existence
My heart in Atlantis
With a stranger still
Shedding bitter tears
Yet unable to fulfil
a karmic promise
to a rebirth of souls
Treading this existence alone
I wait on the cycle
of life, lived and done
until I shall refill
the love cup empty now
Until the stranger becomes
a stranger no more
A soul-mate never known
A half-self never touched
A love loved, never felt
I wait, I love
To die and to fly once more
back to here
And wait for you, stranger
Looking down into nothingness
A void of emptiness
Nothing within but echoes
like soughing howls
of sorrow and regret
Staring down the emptiness
Watching reflections
of the empty beginnings
thousands of yesterdays
and the meandering paths
of thousands of tomorrows
I shall traverse those
alone without you
Single faltering footsteps
teetering along precipice
of deep loneliness
a miserly existence
My heart in Atlantis
With a stranger still
Shedding bitter tears
Yet unable to fulfil
a karmic promise
to a rebirth of souls
Treading this existence alone
I wait on the cycle
of life, lived and done
until I shall refill
the love cup empty now
Until the stranger becomes
a stranger no more
A soul-mate never known
A half-self never touched
A love loved, never felt
I wait, I love
To die and to fly once more
back to here
And wait for you, stranger
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I think
4th Nov 2011 2:40pm
re: I think
4th Nov 2011 2:46pm
Thank you, BlueEyesBlackHeart; I believe there are. Thank you for the kind comments.
chance or fate
4th Nov 2011 2:51pm
while there is breath it is never too late
while there is desire no task is too great
while there is time the Soul can still find its mate
while there is a chance strangers can truly define their fate....
while there is desire no task is too great
while there is time the Soul can still find its mate
while there is a chance strangers can truly define their fate....
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re: chance or fate
4th Nov 2011 2:59pm
Thank You Goodest, esteemed Wordsmith for the comment. You are right. It is never too late; no task too great and sometimes eternity is just a heartbeat away.
Waiting
4th Nov 2011 5:24pm
Such a longing and sad poem..I love Goodest's words to you I agree..lovely lady..it's never to late to find your soulmate..beautifully written poignant poem..peace Crim
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re: Waiting
4th Nov 2011 5:53pm
:)
Grace.
Hope you don't take me the wrong way, but first the technicality aspect.
Third stanza, last line-In stead of miserly, I somehow feel miserable would be a more appropriate adjective. Miserly essentially boils down to 'lack of generosity' and here is not too succint as an adjective.
Fifth stanza, the lines...
..until I shall refill
the love cup empty now
Until the stranger become
a stranger no more...
The first line speaks of the inner wish
to refill the 'love cup'. Again I feel
a better way to express this would be-
'until I shall refill
the love cup-now empty..'
(It can be done differnetly as well to convey)
In the third line in this stanza, it should be
'Until a stranger becomes.'
Last stanza, 'back to here' could be modified as 'back here'. 'To' is redundant.
Now about your poem.
Grace. You are a gifted story teller. Each piece of yours I have come across so far (merely three days) has an exceptional way to convey itself and connect with the reader.
'Waiting' is the story of the collective lives in the twenty first century in an age of broken lives, cubicled existence and evanescent relationships.
It touches, nudges and shakes one intermittently.
It asks questions.
It screams in silence.
Bravo! Another one!
Curtsy.
Write on
S' aka Pyaara.
p.s-As explained elsewhere
I don't feel great being a
grammar nazi as I am more a
feeler than a seer.
But your art is divine and
divinity should not be marred
by mortal flaws.:)
Hope you don't take me the wrong way, but first the technicality aspect.
Third stanza, last line-In stead of miserly, I somehow feel miserable would be a more appropriate adjective. Miserly essentially boils down to 'lack of generosity' and here is not too succint as an adjective.
Fifth stanza, the lines...
..until I shall refill
the love cup empty now
Until the stranger become
a stranger no more...
The first line speaks of the inner wish
to refill the 'love cup'. Again I feel
a better way to express this would be-
'until I shall refill
the love cup-now empty..'
(It can be done differnetly as well to convey)
In the third line in this stanza, it should be
'Until a stranger becomes.'
Last stanza, 'back to here' could be modified as 'back here'. 'To' is redundant.
Now about your poem.
Grace. You are a gifted story teller. Each piece of yours I have come across so far (merely three days) has an exceptional way to convey itself and connect with the reader.
'Waiting' is the story of the collective lives in the twenty first century in an age of broken lives, cubicled existence and evanescent relationships.
It touches, nudges and shakes one intermittently.
It asks questions.
It screams in silence.
Bravo! Another one!
Curtsy.
Write on
S' aka Pyaara.
p.s-As explained elsewhere
I don't feel great being a
grammar nazi as I am more a
feeler than a seer.
But your art is divine and
divinity should not be marred
by mortal flaws.:)
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re: :)
4th Nov 2011 11:34pm
Pyaara, thank you so much. ...but the stranger is known to me, and I meant 'the love cup empty now' as it is. Thank you for showing the missing 's' and I meant it...'to here'..as in this page and this existence. Thank you again. Remember poets and aspirants like me are allowed to word words how they want to, and create or string them accordingly to suit their imaginings at that time. I am humbled by your knowledge, Mere Pyar. Shukria.
re: re: :)
5th Nov 2011 4:29pm
Grace
:) That made sense. A lot of sense.
Again you made me smile. Light be
with you.
Write on.:)
S'
:) That made sense. A lot of sense.
Again you made me smile. Light be
with you.
Write on.:)
S'
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i agree
Anonymous
24th Nov 2011 3:10pm
it's never too late,one should always have hope

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re: i agree
24th Nov 2011 10:45pm
Re: Waiting
2nd Apr 2013 4:23am
My heart in Atlantis
With a stranger still
Perfect line. A feeling I have felt all of my life. Great write.
With a stranger still
Perfect line. A feeling I have felt all of my life. Great write.
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re: Re: Waiting
2nd Apr 2013 2:36pm
Dear splendid, thank you for reading and commenting. Yes always you will feel like you are not done waiting yet until you meet your soulmate.