Breathing for Clouds

Reilley on May 7, 2009

Tags: bury, clouds, death, die, free, joy, live, poem, Poetry, reilley, release, voice, wild

Take this, this simple song and do what you will…

I throw my heart up into the sky -
Honest joy pinwheeling on errant breeze.
Take this, this simple song and do what you will,
Throw it into the abyss of the center,
Hide it where the sand meets the sea,
Bury it beneath the scales of monsters.

Surely somewhere, somewhen,
It will be found by one who needed to find it.
It will be measured, wondered about, recited.
Perhaps a high note might stun a pragmatist
Or maybe the low throb of its rhythm
Will find a gaunt heart to give its warmth to.

But mark me well, oh gentle reader,
One fine day, when the world least expects it
The love that is crafted in this simple voice
Will spin and whirl, dip and dive, breathing for clouds.
One whose world needed exactly this voice to set it free
Will slap life with fevered palm and be its master.

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CutestPrincess on May 30, 2009
that’s great,your works are always interesting
brian miller on May 29, 2012
i like the thought of tossing heart into the breeze do that it can find the one that needs it…and that in the end your resolve is that it will happen…that is strength…
hedgewitch on May 29, 2012
I enjoyed the determination and the strength in this.
hedgewitch on May 29, 2012
Second try on leaving a comment. I enjoyed the lyric construction, as well as the determination and strength in this.
Gay on May 29, 2012
This piece soars Chris. Your heart beats and your spirit soars. I loved reading it. Wonderful.
Natasha on May 29, 2012
This is just fantastic! One of the best I’ve read so far this evening Chris…write on!
Alex Dissing on May 29, 2012
Oh, your voice will be heard, especially with more poems like this. Really enjoyed this.
Charles Elliott/Beautyseer on May 30, 2012
Slapping life, it seems to me, is like slapping a newborn — your delusion of control is soon shattered at 3 a.m.

Fun to read…
Anna :o] on May 31, 2012
What a wonderful write – your heart is already found here!

Anna ]

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