Tuesday, July 6, 2010

existence without a timepiece









You find lasting peace
under black velvet skies
when the day sighs a breath of release,
and a fading trail
marks your unbound ascent
to existence without a timepiece.








36 cool comments:

Brian Miller said...

life and existence without a time piece...that would be amazing...either i can move so fluid or life is just not as busy...smiles.

Opaque said...

A beautiful piece!

Just Be Real said...

Miss your overdue wonderful inspiring post Shadow! Blessings dear one.

HOOTIN' ANNI said...

Beautifully written. Shadow, I must ask....just how long does it take you to come up with perfection like this? Do you just sit down and the keyboard and it comes to you naturally and quickly? Or, does it take you hours/days to work on your prose?

Any case, you KNOW I LOVE what you write.

LceeL said...

These days, that's where I find my release - in the land of dreams.

Beautiful piece, Shadow - as always.

TechnoBabe said...

Exactly. You and I are on the same time this week. The world of no time. Just Being.

Jessie said...

i love this. beautiful words, you can feel the movement. somewhere there is light...

warm smiles dear Shadow,

Trish and Rob MacGregor said...

Another beauty!

Maha said...

I love this soft sad feeling about your writings. It fills me with things I can't put into words. Brilliant!

Kay said...

the path less traveled, you'll find me there...

:)

short, sweet and exactly to the right point.

Indigo said...

The epitome of serenity, to live without rush, worry - just letting every moment play out one after another. (Hugs)Indigo

Oddyoddyo13 said...

The last two lines were breathtaking-the whole thing was.

steveroni said...

THIS is near-perfect blog-bliss:

To be capable of reading, understanding, and loving a blog post, all within a single ventilatory cycle.

Ventilatory, not a poetic word, but isn't it pretty? I knew it, but had to look it up anyway to make certain

Shadow, After convention I met two Peeps from Johannesburg. I should write you rather than comment this.....

Also NOTE: The MOST beautifully designed and colored flag IMO, was
South Africa! Outstanding...at the convention opening ceremony!

Thank you for your TOO kind comment. It is good to know you.

RA said...

You have brilliantly captured the air of limitlessness... :)

The Aspirant said...

its beautiful.......being bad at poetry hv to read it many tyms nd also preious comments to understand it's essence,nd got it too much xtent......

Roxy said...

Ah, a time when I can ease under the sheets and escape reality, this is so beautifully perfect Shadow!

jason evans said...

It would be nice to have that kind of escape.

Vatche said...

Really just awesome, Shadow!

I'm working on my poetry right now, too, and I always making my poems into long stories...maybe this is my style in poetry?

My voice in poetry?

Still working on it though! Your piece is a fine example of what I want my poetry to become. Short, sweet, and to the point! But of course, in my own style. :D

Write on!

laughingwolf said...

so many people are afraid to embrace the dark... to me, it's the other half of life... well said

Paula said...

eternity worded

Syd said...

I like to think that there have been moments lately when I haven't much kept track of time. Retirement is awesome.

Dennis the Vizsla said...

I can hardly imagine. I must need to try harder.

Jasmine said...

Beautiful thoughts. For me, Black velvet skies mark my own free time. More-so in Winter :)

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Fireblossom said...

I don't have an iphone or a crackberry or even a cell phone. But I can't move without my wristwatch. Sorry, I just HAVE to know the time.

Felicitas said...

Beautiful... now if only we could let go like this in the figurative sense while remaining on this mundane plane. One day, perhaps.

Kate said...

This one has to be one of my all time favorites that you've written. I love it. It takes me to a wonderful place.

spottedwolf said...

My neice sent me an imagined dialogue between a newly deceased man and a fatherly image of god recently. The questions asked by the man to the image were answered in such a way as to repeatedly make note that the man himself was the universe and that everyone he remembered, as he remembered, were but multiples of himself. Time is too short for those who wish....but for those who love.....remember the 70s band Beautiful Day, Shadow.......

Rick said...

Shadow-
I couldn't agree more. I wonder how the hawk would manage if he knew the sands of time. I think his soar would scream of anxiety.
love you~rick

clean and crazy said...

this is the end, isn't it? when we cross into the next world this is what it is to exist without a timepiece.

Trish and Rob MacGregor said...

Beautifully done. I'm going to remove my watch and see what happens.

Suz said...

beautiful!

Cole said...

Matter of fact, poignant, beautiful.

Mama Zen said...

This is like a dream!

wind of summer said...

really gr8

Mohamed Mughal said...

release...fading...unbound...you paint a good, consistent, cohesive mood with your words. Good poetry.