Two hundred and forty months of thoughts,
being a score of images etched through twenty years,
one generation’s worth in memories,
life growing in the awakening,
birthdays spent as the paths to questions,
growing, thriving, ever finding new words
as a well of visionary collage swells,
days turn to rivers, swimming their meaning,
by the decades dancing
across the mine field metaphors,
steps taken within a milieu of mental meanderings.
Oh the celebrations to ponder,
the reason to drape over the day,
to stop and taste the cake of festivities in time,
all the embers of dream state glow
wonder where their fire went to,
but pause and taste the wind.
Feel the second’s harmony,
gaze without blindfold or shades,
find the message written just for you,
make it a song only you can begin.
It is all a rambling rose of reciting,
in hopes it will give you special time
some sprinkle of ponderings
while I wish you a hope
for a Happy Birthday
that will hopefully bring you
a pause for poking through the preponderance
among the souvenirs of twenty years.
Author notes
Happy Birthday. Hope it is a great one.
A contest entry
- It's my birthday by alexandrathegreat.
700 points, ended December 13, 2008, 8 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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This was absolutely beautiful. You made me feel like a million buck just for turning the big 20. Almost brought a tear to my eye. It seems much more significant when you put it that way. Having spent 240 months pondering. Beautiful, love this part,
"days turn to rivers, swimming their meaning,
by the decades dancing
across the mine field metaphors,"
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well done . . liked "It is all a rambling rose of reciting" and "some sprinkle of ponderings" .. good luck in the contest
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days turn to rivers, swimming their meaning,
by the decades dancing
There was some great imagery in this and I liked the way you created a sense of the passage of time. Birthdays are always a time for reflection and for celebration.This is a well-written and thoughtful poem. Best of luck in the contest.
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