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Wind Instrument

"Glory be to God for dappled things,"

from this point on,  plucked thin heart strings,

broken hearted blues, smooth as whiskey, for IT burns and the heart has no memory,

 

Hug the person, not the day, be the tortise shell pattern, that stops the

ocean in its' tracks.

Sit on a curb in a distant place, counting bullet casings, as no one cares about how many tear drops

have fallen,

 

Swirl the red wine in the bowl of glass and watch the glass bleed back into the wine,

And stretch out on the pattern of shadows as sunset catches, resets, and  releases,

 

and yes you and your lonely spirit, search high and low for an identity, and want to read language poetry, so you can misunderstand the meaning and have an excuse,

but be a wind instrument, the world around you plays the notes, He wrote the song, sings along, and without you, there would be no music, at all

for those who need to meet you yet.

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Written by
darrell-wade-elverum
Canadian
Published
Apr 25, 2016
Lines·Words
12·168
Notes

Prompt take a line first line or another and write a poem from there, wherever it takes you.

Gerard Manley Hopkins "Pied Beauty"

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