faith in the river by Indigo Tempestahe believes her, her coming and going, the river tide in this windy city.
in something she said he heard 'what if i got sick?' and on that day he started to put away money he couldn't really spare.
he kept loving her in the silence of his apartment as she crashed against the shores
and there were so many questions, like a child; and patiently he answered them, like a father, like a man.
in the silence of his apartment, he thought how the walls were too dry without the spray of her spirit.
and he believes that she is kindness; and he knows that she is living, the pure meaning of it, she is running.
the money wasn't enough, he wrung his body limp; he broke himself, he cried, he strained: for her,
until, alone in his apartment, in the silence of her laughter, he believed that she was gone. 07/31/2003 Posted on 07/31/2003 Copyright © 2025 Indigo Tempesta
Member Comments on this Poem |
Posted by Max Bouillet on 08/02/03 at 04:05 AM Touching and haunting. Very well expressed with details that made the poem come alive. |
Posted by Brian Francis on 08/02/03 at 02:17 PM This piece is very powerful.
thanks
-bf |
Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 01/07/04 at 08:02 AM very deep and haunting piece... congratulations on POTD... blessings... |
Posted by Karl Waldbauer on 01/07/04 at 08:24 AM Congratulations on POTD! This strangely haunting, enigmatic poem captures so well the mystery of rivers and of mankind. |
Posted by Kimberly Bare on 01/07/04 at 03:25 PM Such hauntingly beautiful words that reach to the heart and take hold! Congrats on a well-deserved POTD... |
Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 01/08/04 at 01:32 AM Enignatic, poignant!
Congratulations on POTD! |
|