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If they let me,
I will lead,
I will carry this torch,
Through the storm and flood.

For if not for poetry,
I would be one with none,
This art is a language,
We must carry on.
I selfishly believe I am an answer to the concerns of those elder poets who need a great mind to pass on this art to. If it turns out I am not ready for that honor, I will work to be,
Come said the woman,
To the statue who stood by the falls.
"Come great statue, come with me."
"For the falls are flooding and soon they will take you too."
The statue looked down upon the woman,
Then silently shook his head.
And though she pleaded for him to leave,
The statue remained, arms spread to embrace the flood.
"I will stay with this place through dawn and dusk. For there is nowhere else in the world that I can call home as long as it's memory lives in my head."
Zywa Jan 5
Among each other

no more fighting, just going --


with the flow, the flood.
Animated film "Flow" (2024, Gints Zilbalodis)

Collection "Summer birds"
Zywa Jan 5
Fish and waterfowl,

swaying algae in the shapes --


of statue remnants.
Animated film "Flow" (2024, Gints Zilbalodis)

Collection "From Sacred Scriptures - A Home"
Zywa Dec 2024
The fluctuating

flood-mark, a boundary of --


dry seaweed flowers.
Collection "Metamorphic body"
showyoulove Nov 2024
God said to Noah "Hey, listen up bud!
Gonna rain real soon now, it's gonna flood
The people are sinning, tearing it apart
And to see it man, really breaks my heart.
It's gonna be huge, it's gonna get wet
I tell you now, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
But you and yours are gonna be just fine
You've been good; a real friend of mine.
Listen up good now and listen up well
Here's how you'll be safe from the swell:
You'll build a boat yea big and yea wide
'Cause two of every animal's gonna fit inside.
You'll be in there forty days and as many nights
And when it's safe again, the bird alights.
Never again will I cause a flood so great
Never again will the earth suffer this fate
So, this is my promise: a sign in the sky
A rainbow to remember our covenant by."
Merinda Oct 2024
My longing for you flew away in the storm
Ran after the flood
Drowned in an earthquake breaking fate
Landed on the deadly sun
Burst into raindrops
Touched my cheeks and putting a smile
I miss u
Debra Lea Ryan Sep 2024
It is what it is
Residing in your mind
Sometimes off the planet
Working overtime

Watershed in your head
A flood of dreams you possess
Watershed in your head
A flood of dreams you possess

They are what they are
Buzzin' in your brain
Sometimes flyin' the rails
Like a bullet train

Watershed in your head
A flood of dreams you possess
Watershed in your head.

© Debra Lea Ryan
19.09.2024
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Interesting Week!  I started the Song on Sunday with a Flood of Ideas then had to navigate distractions to find traction in the writing process again.  Lesson Learned. Singalong >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFmAIocJblA
Lyla Sep 2024
strong coursing river
torrential wild summer storm
together, a flood
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