Love Me Not

observation of seconds, minutes, 

hours clicking by, I disentangle 

days greet me now with a welcome 

seeing, feeling, bathing through each 

I become part of them 

weeks, months, years spent 

thinking only of what may have been 

like watching the ocean waves 

break in, but never once immersing 

precious moments lost

never to be retrieved again 

participation with seconds minutes hours, has

lead to days, galavanting in life

in these moments, I no longer lose thought

Immersion - bobbing, swimming, surfing, crashing with every break

the oceans pulse, my pulse 

salty water burning eyes 

laughter spills 

every direction

I do not dare 

dwindle away one more petal of

love me nots 

participation here now

is all there is

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Life is in the living and the rest is death and absence of being. Let us enjoy what we can because we can. Every day, a blessing. I enjoyed the read.

[KWP]

you are a deep thinker - and sometimes we need to flop around in the shallows - shallows are not always a bed thing me think :)

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I'm not much one for the shallows. I like the depths of the open sea. I'm not much for the dark and murky realm of the squid and cuttlefish where one must produces one's own light though. There be sea monsters at those depths. But I do tend to swim in the deeper currents. I'm at home with the porpoise and marlin. The bottlenoses are great communicators and who doesn't love to sail?

[Katarzyna Anna Koziorow..]

Beautifully written. I found my lost piece of soul in your poem. I'd love to see your other works. Good luck!

[Davidgeo]

Well done. Well written.

Some of your work lacks focus, this one is well executed from top to bottom.

We should make out later.

[KWP]

You crack me up - in a good way !

[Davidgeo]

You laugh at me for only some of the right reasons.

[Davidgeo]

Your island is spectacular. I like to call it a continent. There is this song that everyone knows the length of but no one knows the contents of. You and me should fight. To see who holds the.... Sex.

[Davidgeo]

20 ft underwater is an alien world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il6mDRqDD-4

[Davidgeo]

(making you laugh is 99% percent of my purpose here) ou'fe not just pretty to me .....

[Davidgeo]

You are singular to me. Aussie vs N American. (we'll probably just end up making out in the bathroom) Apologies for being a sociopath. Maybe one day....ha

[Davidgeo]

The world smells how you wanna smell it...

[KWP]

Hey You ... 20 feet under is a reality with a different kinda sound, clicks tapping, grinding too ... so far removed from this what we perceive to be important ... as always you shift my perspective from ]banal to something much much more interesting.

[KAREN]

All we can do is live in the now and enjoy every part of it. The last stanza really pulls the poem together!

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

It is so true how each minute spent with loves should be well spent! Life is way too short; we never know when their time or our time to die may happen! Well penned!

[Coyote Poetry]

Those removing of petal, can leave us disappointed my dear friend.
"I do not dare
dwindle away one more petal of
love me nots
participation here now
is all there is"
I liked the above lines and I wondered also. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[Einstein Noodle]

i love this one especially KW! such positivity breeds oceans of laughter .. and being a participant in the now ... so much fruit to be enjoyed .. love this! into the ol' library it goes! as always, thanks for sharing dahlink!
E.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

We must appreciate every moment with a loved one, even the little ones for there may come a time when memories of them aremay be all we got to keep us company.

[emmajoy]

Can only add what I feel that - the emotions here are both magical and realistic: . glorious wonder wed to regretful acceptance. Seems sadness has absorbed the laughter shared, that the two are meant to remain a contented finale? Many thanks, you never fail to share hints of how and why . ..

[Kesch (Finding Julia)]

I do not dare
dwindle away one more petal of
love me nots
participation here now
is all there is

reminds me of the old saying "He loves me, he loves me not"
This is really good, a most enjoyable read here.
Love this, creative and wonderful