Sunday, September 25, 2011

You should have told me that there are dandelions there

If you had told me of yellow tipped, jagged edged, fluffy headed wonders that solidly squish or whimsically flit about, as they please, and at their leisure, would not I then have deigned to set foot on path that would bring me yonder, for the sheer mystically majesty, the solid earthiness, the rich pungency, by which they are so defined?

Or, should once you have told me, in terms most explicit, of bluebells dancing in the wind, and the smell of birch bark that curls up inside one's head and smells of small, childish joys, how far would I have crawled, should the need arise, simply to, from a distant, their silvery dress espy? If you had told me, I would have flown, in ways unimagined when first their roots began descent into hedonist loam, where your toes too dug in.

For, where the loves of youth hold sway, under bright light moon, and well washed day, is a place unparalleled in all of that which lays under sun or cloud, for new love to bloom, and to grow strong and proud

This is, then, a time of wonder and delight, shot straight in the head, stabbed straight through the heart, and gone down, oh so not gently, to that great goodnight. For, what started out as an exclamation of sharing, has, through fear and forgotteness, turned to a deep welling dark ink spot of sadness, a blood letting by writing, perhaps a final ending. For, if you had wanted to capture my heart, ever, ever, you should have told me that there are dandelions there.


  • kenspics
    kenspicsover 1 year ago
    WOW.. this is awesome Arletta!!!
    Fabulous imagery..an incredible read!!!
  • Thank you, Ken
     – Arletta
  • bev langby
    bev langbyover 1 year ago
    well Ken said it all , just awesome , u are a true poet xx
  • Thank you, Ma’am!
     – Arletta
  • raymondoantonio
    raymondoantonioover 1 year ago
    IN A WORD..BRILLIANT!!
  • Hey you! Thank you! I was wondering where you’d got to. I haven’t seen any posts or anything. Did I miss them or have you not been posting?
     
    Anyway: In a word: HELLO!
     – Arletta
  • Ah, I found the problem. You were not on my watchlist, for some reason. (sigh) Silly me! Or, silly someone, at any rate!
     – Arletta
  • raymondoantonio
    raymondoantonioover 1 year ago
    I’VE HAD A ONE MONTH BREAK!! RE-KINDLING THE CREATIVE JUICES AND FOCUSING ON OTHER PROJECTS!! I THOUGHT I WAS ON YOUR WL!! OH WELL I AM NOW!
  • I thought you were too! Things happen, both by way of glitches and stupidity. I might have removed you when I was planning on leaving. I don’t know. I don’t remember doing it, but .. I don’t remember yesterday’s breakfast either. lol
     – Arletta
  • misfit1965
    misfit196512 months ago
    This is beautiful and eloquent. A treasure of a write. I agree, they would have made the effort. Once again, powerful work. God bless you. your RB friend, In-Christ matty
  • Oh. Thank you.
     – Arletta
  • SnickerDoodle
    SnickerDoodle9 months ago
    Your words are poetic, the style you employ here reminds me of Greek classics. Wonderful work.
  • Greek classics? Suddenly, I am impressed. Though, not in a “wow look at me, way.” More in a “Thank you because I got to write that.” sort of way. Thank you for commenting.
     – Arletta
  • dedmanshootn
    dedmanshootn9 months ago
    very interesting work. i had to reread and then again. i quite like it
  • Thank you.
     – Arletta
  • linaji
    linaji9 months ago

    January 2011
  • Betty Smith_Voce
    Betty Smith_Voce9 months ago
    Arletta, this is a brilliant write lady! Wunderbar!! I am thrilled for you with your feature…Stunning, Stunning!!!!

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