NaPoWriMo 2018 Day 10
Apr. 24th, 2018 02:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
satyapriyaIn long ago rooms,
in a suburb now crowded,
I'm told there are still echoes -
my voice singing Johnny Cash songs.
I withdrew my energy from that house,
but I go there in dreams.
Today, it's still an area
for young families,
and there's mention of a woman's voice
who sometimes sings,
and once in a while,
weeps so sadly
that even a Johnny Cash heartbreak song
would hang its head.
In long ago rooms,
I left a younger self
to continue a life
that no longer fitted.
In long ago rooms,
in dreams, I still walk the floor,
wondering how to dig myself out.
Dear Real Toads and Others:
DreamWidth makes it difficult to comment on my poems if you are not a DW member. Apologies. I am, when I can, reading your poems, even if I'm not commenting. Boy, launching a book is time-consuming!
More apologies for these poems being so late to the party. Between book, NDIS, and the short story course I'm doing, plus family, and all that jazz, well...WARGH!!!
in a suburb now crowded,
I'm told there are still echoes -
my voice singing Johnny Cash songs.
I withdrew my energy from that house,
but I go there in dreams.
Today, it's still an area
for young families,
and there's mention of a woman's voice
who sometimes sings,
and once in a while,
weeps so sadly
that even a Johnny Cash heartbreak song
would hang its head.
In long ago rooms,
I left a younger self
to continue a life
that no longer fitted.
In long ago rooms,
in dreams, I still walk the floor,
wondering how to dig myself out.
Dear Real Toads and Others:
DreamWidth makes it difficult to comment on my poems if you are not a DW member. Apologies. I am, when I can, reading your poems, even if I'm not commenting. Boy, launching a book is time-consuming!
More apologies for these poems being so late to the party. Between book, NDIS, and the short story course I'm doing, plus family, and all that jazz, well...WARGH!!!