by the water's edge
the girl lay in soft grasses
ducks swam in moonlight
Of Those Who Don't Belong
in the middle of normal
when all seemed right
yet suddenly void
a great tiredness came over her
and she lay down to sleep
dreams took her to clouds
and to vast open space
where no wind stirred
nor hot bright sun
warmed the misty, chilling blue
there, enveloped by a thin, close air
fragments of her life spun winding and twisting
torn pieces of her soul withered
shriveling into a crumpled nothing
until her sleep deepened into the blackest of only dark
and she belonged
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The first is beautiful and the second haunting.
ReplyDeleteYou write that the haiku and the painting have nothing to do with each other (and I know it works that way sometimes) but my mind combines it into a horror-fairytale... I love this post and what it does to my creative brain!
ReplyDeleteGreat artwork and your words are universal ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteLiving moment by moment,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I was missing you... and here you are from the dark water's edge. A story to tell with your amazing art, haiku and storymaking reaching out in the light of the moon...
ReplyDeleteThe haiku puts me in mind of the rare lazy days of vacation where all I need to do is take joy in existence. The longer poem is more haunting in nature, with the part about the fragments of her life feeling more like an accounting of existence, and coming up short.
ReplyDeleteuntil her sleep deepened into the blackest of only dark...
ReplyDeletesometimes sensitive hearts can hardly separate themselves from the collective suffering in this world. sometimes only the deepest sleep, the darkest dark can give us relief.
from my sensitive heart to yours-may you find peace in the new day, the blooming flowers, the song of birds, the chance to comfort and make a difference in world we share. xoxo
There is an eerie tone and theme to this one. Those soft grasses feel so final.
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally understand letting the muse have the pen... every now and again.
I love your muse JC! Let her keep coming out! First, I love your painting! She made me smile, I don't know why? Your first words were very peaceful and the second one is haunting, but I love the way you ended it, "and she belonged"! Brilliant!
ReplyDelete(Thanks again for your comments about my art! Love you my friend!)
Wow!! What a story and intriguing picture from your words. Both the haiku AND your prose! Much talent.
ReplyDelete'Of Those Who Don't Belong'
ReplyDeleteDefinitely haunting ...
All the best Jan