paths of different hues

colors of love often color our pasts...or black and white delight?

we breathe

taking in clouded air to speak

and clear our minds…

while also clearing out the past

to drop and leave behind.

 

the raucous past can and will

distill all spoken thought;

to rake the dusty green

unseen behind our gilded time

to see beyond our

troubled lives,

divide the blurred out lines.

 

and when we finally meet again

the past cotillions come into view,

the paths of different hues

extend the stilted love from up above

the scarlet night.

this love, all our times

redeem all sins, begin to reach for each new

teaching moment to repair the breaks…

it may take a world to grasp the pain

and gain the insight that comes with love…

above the silhouette of night

to fight back stronger, a longer

love….above.

 

dan © 2015

Author's Note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZN-AyNsDtN0

Reviews

[Nadia Gerassimenko]

there are loves that come together to teach each other invaluable lessons of growth, but this growth may only come after these loves become apart, so that they can become as one with other loves. it is rare to see the same love working out the second time. because, it's true, colors of love change. every little heart attack and heart break kill the vibrancy of love. but we can only hope that time is our healer and experience is our wisdom and that nature is our colors filling us with lessons learned and new acquired love.

[dan]

Nadia, Thank you for your insightful read/review. Poets make their living from writing about love, such a multi-faceted emotion that provides a prism through which we see our loves, slightly distorted by the reflected light. I maintain that it IS such fertile ground for poetry because love never has, and never will, be inarguably defined. Thanks again for the great review. take care...dan

[Calliope]

This is so achingly hopeful, I love every line of this. Reminds me a bit of a black-and-white movie, although I'm not entirely sure why. Beautifully penned, thank you for posting this.

[dan]

Calliope, Thanks so much for your review; perhaps the melancholy tone seems like a movie in the film noir genre? I like that you can read a poem called "paths of different hues" and think "black and white." That kind of outside the box thinking can often distill a piece down to its bare essence. Have a great day. take care...dan

[Jerome F Knox III pseud..]

The only thing that is constant is change. Redemption and self actuation are also vital to change. We must take advantage of all opportunities to change cause the next moment is not promised.

This sums it up

redeem all sins, begin to reach for each new
teaching moment to repair the breaks

[dan]

Rico, It's good to hear from you, it's been a while. Thank you for your review; your observations and insights are spot on, almost indicating a philosophical rumination, culminating in your very intriguing analysis. I've reviewed a few of your Post-Its, some excellent writes indeed. Thanks again! take care...dan

[Jerome F Knox III pseudonym Nefarious J. Dorsey]

Yes Dan I have been ICU for a while now and in between the meds I try to write and read. Again thanks for your support and the great works you leave for me to read.

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If given the opportunity to repair our past mistakes hindsight will prove most useful. If the repairs are complete then love can grow to new heights and will withstand the greater tests of time. Another nice write dan.

[dan]

FT, I very much like your reviews because you take the time to write something thoughtful and analytical. Instead of "nice writing dan," like some people do. Thank you so much for your level of attention that you pay to the piece. A very perceptive and accurate review. take care...dan

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It's my pleasure dan. When someone takes the time to write a piece and share it I like to at least offer some level of review that lets the writer know that the piece has touched me in a certain way or that I have interpreted it based on my own experiences in the world. Keep writing! - FT