with silent salutations
as our nights wander
on to tomorrow's shore.
the edge of desperation
as hope promises
an ever-open door.
my yi-xing pot
as aromatic steam
curls in lofty streams
making me, for a moment,
forget the grey
no insinuations, pretense,
nor enigmatic dreams.
with black and white
on a breeze floats a
harbinger of days ahead
hinting...
can wither and drop
dead from their vines
to nurture the wise
and give such sweet
reprise to those
who still believe.
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Beautiful poem, my friend, and when we are wrong, we gain experience that will lead us to the top! Thank you Eric
Very beautiful poem @ericvancewalton and it is penetrated with a gentle meaning!
Hi @ericvancewalton, I'm not a elegant poet. But I can feel better meaningful poems. Inside your poem included more meaning. I know you wrote it through mind imagination. It was incredible skill. If we want to make more meaningful poem definitely want to go for a dream. Absolutely brilliant selection. Keep going.
That was so peaceful enjoyed the poem beautifully written :)
Beautiful poem . First two stanzas are in very nice wording .
Like your poem . First part of the poem is good piece of imagination .
Nice poem dear . I'm always like to read your poem.
Beautiful verse, I love the 3rd person point of view used in the poem, the imagery is dazzling and beautiful really and I can't help imagining the detail of events associated with things like the landscape. Beautiful theme here.
Beautiful and heartfelt poem, @ericvancewalton. I keep the first and last stanzas. Memories invade our air daily and return as aromas. There in front of us is a present that awaits us, as we look back at that tree of errors that grows, that makes us wiser and more human. Our days pass and we praise what we were, are and will be. No matter how tall the tree may be, it could never deny its roots. Nice day for you.
@ericvancewalton, Sometimes it reflects as everything is connected and everything is moving towards good essence. And i really like the Title too, it reflects as while using the silent salutations in the form of Thoughts we are trying to connect with every aspect and trying to joint the one story aspect with other. Life is beautiful if we can live up the Silent Salutations because then we can understand what is happiness, where it is, and how we can achieve it. Keep writing these in depth words.
Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂
Am still finding it hard to decipher the poem in full I only got the knowledge of the first and second stanza. An everyday life filled with dreams that get woken up in the morning and dies with the night. Dreams come to man when he's asleep (tired)...Edge of desperation.
The fourth /last stanza was something like sitting on a sea shore and trying to find the meaning of life using the wave analogy.
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I gave you an upvote 2 days ago, unfortunately, it is number 37 down.
I am here to see if you posted any more poems. I enjoyed this one.
Since I am here I thought I would leave a comment. :)
Thank you @rebeccabe! I always appreciate your support and comments! I hope you have a wonderful week, my friend.
Just magical :)
It's incredible not just simple!
Very nice peom ,i like
Thank you, everyone, for your comments!