This Poem

This poem came and touched my lips
Brining forth words like kisses to the air.
I blow them, one by one,
And hope each might fall to find his face
As raindrops maybe, someday.

This poem came as I walked along a river.
I wandered along her gentle banks,
Picking up stones as I went upstream
I collected the stones like lost memories
Once thrown so easy beneath the water.
Oh, what ripples are created
From such a little rock
Dropped from a careless hand.
But I find my pebbles, one by one.

This poem came
As the nearly-full moon rose ahead
And the sun was setting behind.
And I wondered, where have all the people gone?
Why should I be walking alone in such beauty?
Yet the solitude was soothing to my wounds.

If I could, I would fly to him with wings like snow.
But all I can do is offer these words like kisses.
All I can hope is one might find him downwind.
All I can take with me is a pocket full of stones,
And all I think are thoughts hard as granite.

As this poem came to me
I found an old mother pine.
She says, "I've missed you."
I sat under her arms spread wide.
I sat and sent words to those I love.
To mother to father to brother to sister-
To grandma in her kitchen chair,
Sending up prayers in the afternoon
Like kisses to heaven.

All the world is waiting,
All the world is watching
On the the edge of it's seat
To see what will happen next.

This poem comes to me
As I'm finding my way back home.
It comes with no answers.
I send it down the river currents
And on the breezes -
Just like blowing kisses in the air

Reviews

[Kita Tataki (Emily Conn..]

Oh wow... I really really love this poem!! Its very vivid, with a lot of beautiful imagery. You really made this come alive with all of the nature metaphors and by repeating your comparison of the poem to kisses.
This was amazing, I really loved this one! :D