"Beyond"

Thoughts in Frankfurt airport

Monday morning.
Frankfurt airport, Terminal 1.

"Beyond", a coffee bar, Gate B.
I have been coming here for years.

About to have a double espresso.
Sometimes it is the little things
we can take joy in.

Wish you were sitting across
this tall table from me,
Looking like you did last night.

Reviews

[KyleMPorter]

I like how "Beyond" and "The Vanishing" are portraits of half a person missing his other half. Scenes of loneliness pocked with memories of still vibrant love. It's like watching a man waltz with a ghost: heartbreaking and captivating. I can sense loss is a major driver for some of your 'scenes' or 'moments' -- in an airport coffee bar or hotel in town. Your choice of words and overall voice are genuine, human, and not overly-frilly -- perhaps flowery in sentiment only -- but your content and delivery sting of truth.

[NoelHC]

Thank you very much Kyle, you have caught the essence of what drove me to write this, and the Vanishing piece, as well of many of the other things I have posted on here. Your review is validation for me that I am being successful in portraying that.

[jane kelley]

I like this moment you wrote about.. short, but you conveyed such sentiment in these lines.. very good. Noel!!

[NoelHC]

Thank you, based on the poems you have written so well, I am happy that this work touched you as yours are so good and the meaning so clear.

[jane kelley]

thank you.. I wish I could be more concise..but it seems there is just so much to say..it's sometimes hard to get it all in.. and make it rhyme as well..

[NoelHC]

Ha ha, that seems to be my problem in prose I can go on forever, but in poems I tend to be short, few words, and if something rhymes, it was probably an accident. : )

[jane kelley]

I have no idea why I started writing rhymes.. I can write some things.. free verse... but it's just so much easier the rhyming way..

[NoelHC]

And it is those things that make writing and reading so interesting, so many different ways to express our thoughts and feelings to others, in an attempt to help them, and us, to understand, just a little bit more.

[maria ( rose)]

this is different,,I can see you were thinking out loud perhaps? lol

[NoelHC]

Free versing in text messages, at the time actually. Didn't realize it until later that it was a poem. only changed a few words.

[maria ( rose)]

About to have a double espresso.
Sometimes it is the little things
we can take joy in. ..Isn't that the truth! very good..I like this, it's short and sweet.

[s y e]

// Wish you were sitting across
this tall table from me,
Looking like you did last night. //

Wow, that stanza just hit the home run, Noel. This was amazing. I'm jealous you went to Frankfurt too!

[NoelHC]

Thank you so much for your review. The odd part of this was on this particular flight, I was not supposed to go through that gate, but extreme weather in the US caused me to reroute on a different flight. I then got to go to Beyond, I like their coffee, and for an airport gate, their "ambience" is actually not too bad. Sitting at the table, enjoying the double espresso, these words came into my head. I wrote them months ago, and just came across them again the other day, decided to share them, and am so pleased that they have touched a number of my friends here. I never expected that sort of reaction to this. I am very pleased to have touched others with the words.

[Lorna]

Oh my goodness, I am in absolute love with the last stanza. You always nail it on the last line. Always.

[NoelHC]

Thank you Lorna, much appreciated.

[MagicAl]

Lovely poem! Brought back a very fond memory for me!! :)

[NoelHC]

Thanks, glad I was able to bring a memory back for you.

[Chris Micha]

The remembrance of that beautiful woman who grabbed our attention the night before. Very nice Noel. You summed it up nicely my friend!

[NoelHC]

Much appreciated coming from you. Thanks.

[Chris Micha]

My pleasure sir!!!

[ron]

Wow. Romantic. I love how you wrote this like a gentleman...a gentleman never kisses and tells. Two ships passing in the night.

[NoelHC]

Well, I not always a gentleman, I may have to kiss and tell in some feeble imitation of your hotter poems some day. Thanks for reading and reviewing this little effort.

[ron]

Something tells me you would make my poems read a lot hotter if you re-wrote them...:)

[NoelHC]

I think based on some of the reviews of your poems by the ladies on here, you are already hitting a lot of "hot" buttons, Ron. : )

[ron]

-blushing- They should get to know you better Noel. They would be breaking your door down to...um well they would be breaking your door down :)