Conjured Memory, 100 Day Steemit School Poetry Challenge and Digital Art (Day 2) @d-pend
Conjured Memory
The ocean outweighs the land
yet earth offers heavier substance
water no matter how vast
no matter how deep
like your love
evades my grip
So tread I must upon murky shores
my feet entwined among sea grass
a messy but solid way
surefooted, I am not, but each fall ends
The descent from you does not
I go nowhere
yet in stillness, plummet faster
Feet are earthbound
but a mind may reach beyond
aided by senses
that need no touch
I watch for you …
upon the wave-crests
or emerging from deep currents
you ignore the pull of the moon
shirk-off the insistence of the tides
I listen for you …
only an indecipherable message is delivered
upon the fickle breath
of a mercurial
absent-minded zephyr
I smell you in the sea-breeze
only a memory of what you no longer are
Taste …
a remembrance preserved
in the dried remnants of a prickly brine
If only my mind could throw off time
my body supersede its senses
then I might once again swim in your depths
with smooth and sure strokes
conjure what I struggle to remember
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The digital art pieces are a composites of photos found in the public domain or my own work.
- https://www.pexels.com/photo/sea-clouds-waves-blue-sky-96377/
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memories,by_Emil_Fuchs(bronze).jpg
- https://pxhere.com/en/photo/611974
Resulting works and Conjured Memory are copyright Pryde Foltz
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A heartfelt thank you to those at the Steemit School for hosting the challenge:)
As a beginner in English poem, I found yours is ah-ma-zing!
Great poem. Love it. 😊
Thank you, ayah:)
You're welcome 😊
Wow. How did I miss this. You are amazing! Fantastic!
Thank you, GBM:)
@prydefoltz,
Pryde, I am truly honored.
I had no idea you felt this way about me.
I guess we need to talk, don't we?
OK ... enough baloney. That was absolutely beautiful. You are truly a gifted writer & poet.
LOL ... you are in the present. Not some made up memory:) This kind of thing ... is great poetry fodder but also makes for horrible love hangovers:)
A powerful and harmonious play of words @prydefoltz! Stirred sleeping emotions deep in my soul.
Thank you, raiserxn:)
wow, how to develops is very good poetry patterns. a great work.
Thank you, anggre:)
This is an exquisite poem @prydefoltz. Truly felt the longing. And the indented text is genius; felt like sad echoes.
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Thank you, Jazzhero. That is much appreciated:) I will look into the other matter:0
Wow, that beautiful poem. I felt it inside me.
Thank you, cordero:)
Wow that was ethereal and I'm very happy to have read that. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Niki:)
You have a gentle flow and rhythm permeating this beautiful poem. I like how you have taken the theme and crafted both the style and appearance to fit with it.
So glad you enjoyed. Thank you, naquoya:)
Pryde, this is sweet.. i love it when words can carry me into the mind of the poet.. and i like your style too..☺
Thank you, queen:)
You are welcome <3