#waters poems on Hello Poetry

Sally A Bayan Jan 2021

The house was simple...and small,
yet, sturdy were its base and walls,
it became the family's safest place...
its protective walls, were hushed
witnesses to the family's moments,
invisibly etched on their cold surfaces,
their silence was most comforting.

and then, came the waters...

the heart broke, wet with crystal tears,
people came....and people went
monsoon floods inundated the house,
a kind of centrifugal force drove peace
and happy winds astray...far, far away,
precious souvenirs became trash...

rain or shine made no difference,
nights became longer...i realized some
truths that played on and on in my mind:

"there's a time to be born, and a time to die,
a time to linger.....and a time to move on.

suddenly...changes happened...

after family, pets and all stuff were moved,
the old house seemed a wide gawking space...
on its glum doorway, echoed, a sad refrain:
..."Sally doesn't live here anyyyy...more."...

i turned the lights off, closed the windows
and locked the doors.....outside the gate,
a thought clawed on my chest:
it felt, i had caged inside
shadows...of a past life...
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sally b

© Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
March 25, 2019

(twenty-two years ago)

#firsthouse #waters #brokenheart #death #sallydoesntlivehereanymore #cagedshadows

Hrishikesh Goswami Oct 2020

Sobing Beside Mansarovar

Who can get out the charm

the belle of the chilled

glacial waters of heavenly sapphire

love dipped, sanctity filled

Mansarovar.....

I sat beside them

which impervious to express

like the occult hallucinations of one

compelled me to sob

To cry beside the waters

not on my sins

but on my known viles.

Mansarovar feelings

#mansarovar #himalayas #life #nature #gelid #waters

Ell R Oct 2020

shining waters

i have loved
i have lost
to shining waters
i've been tossed

you will yearn
you will pine
but on shining waters
you'll be mine

just a random set of rhymes... not sure if it makes sense:)

#yearn #pine #love #waters

Rajinder Jul 2020

If a river had ears

If a river had ears, they would’ve heard
songs of the clouds and the rain
floating in the breeze above oceans

If a river had ears, they would bring me
stories told by gurgling, shrinking glaciers
imploding in warming streams

If a river had ears, the waters would know
all the secrets of dolphins and mahseer
it would play the scores of a whale’s song

If a river had ears, they would be blocked
and, when the waves hit the banks, the river
losing its balance forgets the course

If a river had ears, those would be pierced
their small holes plugged with white pearls
stolen from an oyster’s shell

Some rivers have ears
like ones flowing through Kashmir,
with their dainty drooping lobes,
pierced by bullets. Robbed of their
red-threaded golden dejhors,
the ears echo of unheard miseries.

#river #ear #rain #ocean #echo #hear #lobes #clouds #waters

Left Foot Poet Jun 2020

troubled waters, Paul

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another mourning morning, usual signs of warning,
wanted to wash away the distress signs of no sleep,
turned on the tap, out came only troubled waters,
my only friend, the voice from the mirror, pretending
to be coming from me, speaking: Oh Lord, Oh Lord!

is there no surcease for me, somewhere, can I find,
little bites, small plates, pieces of peace, the kind
of kindness that eases, repairs the dividers of mind,
the country stone fences that been growing wilder,
when, troubled child of 10, window breaking, beyond
youthful mischievousness, evil streaked, so deemed

Give me a boat, give me a bridge, give me a road, a home,
one of those things poets, songwriters about, wax lyrical,
Oh Lord, give me time, 45 seconds, even two or three,
Being strong, being confident, am I not entitled to that,
a boat, sturdy mast, cause sailing from storm to storm,
just glimpsing dry land, is that too much, a pale beyond?

love, nah, a bridge too far, not even on the menu, not blinded,
I am off key, not well enough, between the peaks between,
I am out of sync, bubbling discombobulated, a **** besided, behind,
lend me a finger, not even a hand, a kernel, not even a cob,
a string, forget a rope, a washcloth to bathe and dry,
lay me down, lay me down, to live, even just not dying.

When you’re weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all, all
I'm on your side, oh, when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part, oh, when darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
Oh, if you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Paul Simon

#lfp #leftfootpoet #troubled #waters #paul

Ylzm Apr 2020

Parting of the Waters

In the beginning God parted the waters,
     separating heaven and earth
Abraham parted the pieces,
     and a smoking fiery *** passed in between
Israel walked between the waters,
     covered in smoke and fire
So Israel parted in two:
     one remains and the other lost.

#abraham #waters #part #israel #pieces #blood #oath #ritual #remain #lost

Michael R Burch Apr 2020

Styx

Styx
by Michael R. Burch

Black waters—deep and dark and still.
All men have passed this way, or will.

Published by The Raintown Review and Blue Unicorn. Also translated into Romanian by Petru Dimofte. This is one of my early poems, written as a teenager. I believe it was my first epigram. Keywords/Tags: River Styx, death, Charon, ferry, passage, black, waters, deep, dark, still, undeniable, inescapable, eternal, eternity

#river #styx #death #charon #ferry #passage #black #waters #deep #dark

Ylzm Mar 2020

The Election

You did not choose your father,
Neither did your father knew you;
Your birthright was only seeming,
Never yours from the beginning.

As waters separated from waters,
So sheep separated from goats.
But there is no seas in the end,
And all tares burned and wheat gathered.

#predestination #election #wheat #tares #waters #separation #sheep #goat #birthright #choice

ZACK GRAM Feb 2020

"THE RIVER'S" By: Z-Pac

Midwest Nationwide International
STAND UP

Big Miss, Ole Ill, Show Me O!!!

In my city this is how it goes down,

Westside till death, Mo Town The Lou, In-an-Out The Loup!!!
Catch us out here on Main

STC, STP, STL, BORN KILLAS RAISED IN HELL

If you're still around & kicking it-
TELL THESE ******* ABOUT THE BIGGEST JUNCTION
CENTRAL UNITED

Top 2 bottom The Mississippi swang Gulf wide-
smack in the middle we drowning-
Mississippi Riv catch My Crib,
On The News-Flight Pad in the back!!!

Show Me O,
Missouri,
Where candy paint became known,
Missouri River catch me flipping bills at the sino,
Or catch me at The Mouth-
Got A Beer & Blunt-
Meet up at The Beach then we thrown!!!

Illinois Border Patrol Squacking-
Don't cross the shores,
Down The Way Ole Ill Sprout Scouts,
Illinois River catch Zack,
On A Boat tug boating a ***** and blunt-
Beer in hand,
I feel like the man off land water whipping!!!

BIG ZACK
ZACKAVELLI THE DON
OFF CHUUUUCH
Z-PAC
RUNNING THE JUNCTION
BIGGEST ONE ON THE PLANET
THESE LADIES
THEY ARE SO ****
THEY ONLY COME OUT ONCE A WEEK
FOOL SHUTDOWN A MALL
WRECK A WATER ON YOUR NECK
MAC Z
YOU AIN GOTTA TELL ME
WE FAMOUS
LIVING IN THE GHETTO
BUT WORLDWIDE A RARE BUSINESS
I AM CONVINCED
SPRING BREAK
ALL SUMMER
LABOR DAY
MEMORIAL DAY
SEE ME ON THE RIVERS
I RUN IT
KING EARTH

"My Private City and County, we're the biggest bosses of all!!!"

river

#waters