Wednesday, September 23, 2009

tales of sorrow







can you hear the tales of sorrow
sung by the howling wind
hurtling through the trees toward
cliffs where they rescind
into the deafening silence locked
in a broken heart
can you feel the mournful wind
from this world depart





59 cool comments:

Just Be Real said...

Dear one broken hearts are so very painful and sorrow finds its way there. Thank you so much for sharing blessings dear one!

Dulce said...

Wow so much said and so beutifully in so few perfectly selected words. I love that wind that comes and goes through those places where it belongs.

Unseen Rajasthan said...

What an amazing shot !! Peaceful and lovely !! Great..Unseen Rajasthan

dark wings said...

Love it!

bard said...

I love the flow to this one, and the words leave me cold and mournful....

Anne said...

Where do you get these lovely words from that paint a such an achingly mournful image? I sigh in delight.

Hootin' Anni said...

I can....with your description, I faintly heard the wind as it took the sorrow with it!!!

Hello Shadow!!! Hope your Wednesday has been good for you so far.

Woman in a Window said...

I can hear the wind
but I'm not feeling it today.
Let's let it go, Shadow,
and do its work.

G-Man said...

Yeah I can and have heard it....

But I don't like it!

G-Man said...

The feeling Not your brilliant and beautiful poem...:P

Gaia said...

eee...I got goosebumps reading it. It's awesome.

jason evans said...

I hear them like ghosts in a seashell.

the walking man said...

Aye i can hear them then I take a reed and hold it in the wind and the entire tone changes and the tune along with it.

Caio Fernandes said...

yes honey , i can .
i hear that ... i listen this ...
i feel something else...
i read you .
thank you .

( oh ! great choice of image !!)

Sylvia said...

I can hear them... So loud and clear that it hurts. I hope I can change a little bit of something, but I feel so powerless. Bless you for these words, God.

Gabriella Moonlight said...

This poem so calls to me right now in life...the sorrow for so much lost, the wonderment of what will be there tomorrow...Love you!
Gabi

laughingwolf said...

try as we might to avoid them, even the most hardy of us must deal with these pains from time to time...

Steve E. said...

Gratitude List: I'm glad G-Man commented two times!

Shadow, you excel--the photo, the words, no wonder you have 346 followers. I'm glad to be part of the crowd.

How can you "poem-and-picture peeps" be so creative day after day? Admiration is all I have to give back to you, and my thanks.

"deafening silence locked
in a broken heart..." who of us has NOT been there? Beautiful!

Peace

LarryG said...

there is a wind for every season of life, the wind of sorrow sometimes take us beyond all we thought possible...
very touching Shad

Andrea said...

Thank you for this poetic reminder to continue to move forward in my journey!

Blessings, andrea

PhilipH said...

The winds soughing and swishing through our trees last night, and today I read this wonderful poem.

Beautiful words, showing superbly your thoughtful intellect.

Inky said...

so touching, when I am saddened, lonely, hurting, feeling sorrow, I hate the sound of the hollowing winds


Short and sweet, BEAUTIFUL
so glad I popped by this morning.. Ty.. Bless you

SMILES

Tall Kay said...

Your words define my feelings today. How did you know? "This too shall pass". God bless you Shadow for sharing your amazing talent.

LceeL said...

Wow. That took me right to places I have been before. It reminded me of cold winds through barren trees at a time of broken heart and keen despair.

But I'm not there anymore, glad of it, and thankful for the reminder of how good I have it now.

Brian Miller said...

they moan like a mourning dirge. broken hearts are hard to miss. beautifully told, i feel it.

enchantedoak said...

I've felt this way. It's always a relief to know the mournful wind will depart, and joy cometh in the morning. I think the Psalmist said, Weeping may remain for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Joy to you again.

Syd said...

I'm feeling it today but doing my best to get out of sorrow and into gratitude.

Liam said...

I have heard many things in the wind.

I easily got your meaning. I have felt that too.

lakeviewer said...

There are more things sung by the wind and locked in a broken heart that can ever be revealed.

spottedwolf said...

"I look ..at the world...see the world as its sleeping....while my guitar gently weeps...with every mistake....we must surely be learning...as my guitar gently weeps.."

SarahA said...

I feel this, you. I do.


BTW thanks for the link.

agoldenfleece said...

Your words are beautiful and you always choose the right pictures to accompany them.

Jasmine from Natures Whispers x

Mark said...

Wonderful poem! Mesmerizing picture!

Jessie said...

hauntingly beautiful.

smiles,

~ Tabitha ~ said...

Yes,I can hear it.
And to be honest,
sometimes it comforts
me because it's so
familiar and then I
know I can grow stronger
from it.Like any wound,
we are left scars-sorrow
simply leaves reminders
of the things we cannot change.
xoxo

Calli said...

Always such beautiful and haunting words, Shadow.

lovely...

Kay said...

sometimes, but sometimes I choose to be deaf and blind .... that picture is amazing!

The Things We Carried said...

Sometimes, I swear that I can.

Fireblossom said...

Yeah.

*sigh*

~*~ Jal Pari ~*~ said...

Its like written in the books. All hearts must break !

Beautifully done! :)

Mariana Soffer said...

Sorrow
it it marvelous, I might say it is my favourite one so far. It feels so autentic. It reminds me of poe's prose, the sorrow you both express, and the perfect way of writting it.
I wonder if you feet such pain when you wrote that poem?
I think you are great

Rikkij said...

Shadow-can a mournful wind really ever depart or just change itself slightly in it's passing? Where would it go? Makes me wonder. ~rick

cinner said...

Beautiful as always. take care. I wish I could write like you, but I will be happy just visiting.

James Oh said...

Well written and sounds so great that beyond words.

Sorrow said...

Yes

Mama Zen said...

I can feel the wind! Beautiful writing.

Cat said...

Yes. I can hear it and I know it and wait for it to take its leave from me...

mile191 said...

This is so sad, yet I understand. thanks for sharing. mile 191

jEeRo said...

i can really relate to your sweet haunting poem..had read and like your poems..keep on writing..

thankx for your kind comments..im still trying to find the words..but not sure when is the right time..is there a right time at all?...

Sid 'Ravan' Kabe said...

Oh wow...did I tell u u write just like the fantasy maestro J.R.R. Tolkein...simply superb!!!!

Prayer Girl said...

YES I CAN!

PG

TechnoBabe said...

If the wind and trees could talk I wonder if it would all be sorrowful. I like to think not.

Dave King said...

I'm blown away!

greekwitch said...

I have a blog award for you!

John DeFlumeri Jr said...

My word, it looks so peaceful in that woulds, you could have slept there for hours!

John DeFlumeri Jr

Susie Hemingway said...

Oh! for sure I can hear these beautiful words, that now echo round my mind carried on that mournful wind. Eight lines only but completly covering this "tales of sorrow" - Thank You

Noelle said...

I hear it, feel it...this is amazing!! whew!

Eaton Bennett said...

Beautiful the way it all flows. I think the wind howls every emotion known to man. :)

Secretia Teller said...

Solitude with nature and the wind.