Poetic Referendum(s) On Life

Rewrite of 8 by 10

8 by 10

yellow waves ripple an ocean sunset.
eyes stray into glass-field gleaming.
heart bounds toward a clear vision.
if I stray, fear I'll fade forever.

in wildflower an idle mind wades.
weightless, lifted higher, sunken
into that mahogany frame. horizon
nears in that lucid pane reforming.

rush of a dry, sage world arrives.
new silence escapes the heavy day.
in valley, vibrant voices beckon.
browned skin in dusty cotton dress

witnessed

in bittersweet isolation, happy
in love's desolation. blue eyes,
daisies adorn pale skin blushing.
red, a widening sea soon engulfs me.

sucked into time-paused eternity,
stolen moments break inside reality.
clocks realign, reawaken one redeemed.
it still does shine, now unconfined.

dreams tucked away, still at play.
a random view from that 8x10 hung
helped remember when, the sun, two
who were young, glowed on that horizon.


9.8.22

originally:

STATIC

8 x 10  (E) The dreamer captured in a time and a place that no longer exist except in memory. #1162128 by Brian KC

more of a romantic tact for the old poem about memories inspired by a glass-framed photo

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