Hole In The Hedgerow

Poetry, Stories, and Other Musings With Spilt Ink


Jaded

Brush the jade off
With a deep breath
And with earnest sighs
Stand tall in my new fever dream
With tired squinting eyes

Casted adrift with no anchors
Lost myself bobbing on the waves
With the lows and the highs

Drifting sinking ship
To a splintered wreck
A passenger or victim of the current
Washed up flotsom speck

And now, a new shore
Covered in jade colored sand
Outside a dark forest
Earnestly, with a sigh, I stand
Facing the unknown
Maybe beautiful or bland
Daunting or serene
Brush off the jade and stand



3 responses to “Jaded”

  1. The wind carries, the soil remembers, and the light forgives.
    Do you think the seed ever wonders which of those is home?

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  2. Your Jade here reminds me of your dandelion — both carried by forces they can’t control, yet still finding light. Are the standing and the drifting are two parts of the same surrender?

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  3. Beautiful rhythm and rhyme. It made me feel like I was there. I felt like a spiritual meditation was taking place. Kudos fellow poet your poem is a hit!

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