“Ah, look at all the lonely people.” —The Beatles (Eleanor
Rigby)
Flocks of birds and forests must know something human hearts
do not.
Like a choir they hold the comfort of reaching in unison.
Always hungry for the sky.
Still man becomes a ghost
alone down a darkened hall.
A silver haired shadow
searching for a memory
that no one else remembers.
Silent stories
are a house burning to the ground,
never to be entered or seen again.
Some hearts are broken wings and fallen branches.
Secrets lost upon a wind that never blew.
A loneliness that only humans truly know.
I am so delighted to be participating in one of my favorite
prompts, Shay’s Word Garden Word List!
It is always fascinating, educational, and inspirational. Thank you Shay my friend!!
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You've outdone yourself with this one, Carrie, I love the comparison to a choir, the burned house, the fallen branches, all of it. And thank you for your amazing enthusiasm for my little project!
ReplyDeleteLovely and haunting, Carrie. I could see the lonely human in the darkened hall - each of us, at a certain point in time.........wonderfully written!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. I feel the loneliness, the unfulfilled that resides in all of us through your poem.
ReplyDeleteA great poem, Carrie ... I was struck by 'silent stories are a house burning to the ground' .. so true.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Beautiful writing.
ReplyDeleteI love the calm progression here, Carrie, that leads us through the ribbons weaving our time and story as humans. Especially "...Some hearts are broken wings and fallen branches..." And some are songbirds, as here. Lovely poem.
ReplyDeleteYour poems are always so beautiful, Carrie, truly. You encapsulate the forgotten quiet things and tenderly remind us, the reader, to look for them. So many lines I could quote but these struck me:
ReplyDelete"Silent stories
are a house burning to the ground"
And also the line Hedgewitch quotes about some hearts being broken wings and fallen branches.
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