Keeping the Dream Alive ~ with Helena ~ Phrase: "like air sweetened by desert honeysuckle"  April 14, 2009 - April 25, 2009

Write a poem in any form you wish, including in it the following phrase
from Dorothy Walters poem "Taken"

(If the "phrase" is not included in the body of the poem
it will not be considered for an award)

"LIKE AIR SWEETENED BY DESERT HONEYSUCKLE"


TAKEN
By Dorothy Walters
(1928 - )



First, you must let your heart
be broken open
in a way you have never
felt before,
cannot imagine.

You will
not know if what you are
feeling
is anguish or joy,
something predestined
or merely old wounds
flowing once more,
reminders of all that is
unfinished in your life.

Something will flood into
your chest
like air sweetened by
desert honeysuckle,
love that is too
strong.

You will stand there,
very still,
not seeing what this is.
Later, you will not remember
any of this
until the next time
when you will say,
yes, yes, I have known this before,
it has come again,
just as your eyes fold under
once more




Enjoy!

Helena :)




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Helena

Australia

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Created Apr 14, 2009