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| © Jaime Clark |
I’m caught in a cerebral fog,
An aimless drifter on stormy seas
With no map to guide my way,
Trying to find meaning
In this mental void,
Wishing for
An inspirational lighthouse
To set my thoughts
Back on course.
I feel the void
Echoing its lonely song
Through my world,
An aching that mirrors my every move.
I’m lost in transience,
A floating wisp of ether
That never materializes
Into something substantial.
~~~~ This was written for a photo prompt from Imaginary Garden with Real Toads. This also was written for the OctPoWriMo Day 4 prompt of “Inspiration and/or Rules.” (Yeah, playing a little catch up on the prompts!)
9 comments:
...An inspirational lighthouse
Ha! Fortunate for you, it did materialize into something clever.
Hiya Mary,
The first half works as a shijo, even though you didn't plan it.
Very nicely used metaphors taken from the image.
"I feel the void" and "lost in transience"......love the sustained note of searching that runs through this poem.
I loved that you found a way to make this lighthouse a central motif in your poem about searching for self.
There is sigh written throughout the piece...wishing for the void to be filled. Lovely piece!
Oh, wow, Mary, I can so relate to the feelings here. So often I've longed for the guidance of such a lighthouse.
K
I like the searching for the inspirational lighthouse ~ I hope we find it, solid and inspiring ~
A lighthouse definitely can bring a welcome beacon into our lives and show us the way.
I just love the extended metaphor in this especially this portion, Mary:
"Wishing for
An inspirational lighthouse
To set my thoughts
Back on course."
Nicely written!!
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