January 22, 2007

Leavings

Departures and residue--

or, I might have said,
the stuff of life.

But with no one to arrive,
who can depart?
And with nothing to be formed,
what can be left over?

Perhaps it is not so bad
after all.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

An sad emotion beautifully described yet one leaves the page at peace.

Anonymous said...

ok now I believe I have placed the comments in the wrong poems...my apologies. I will pay more attention next time :) I look forward to seeing more of your work.

David, by the lake said...

Thank-you, Janice, for your kind words -- however mis-filed! :)

I am humbled that your comment so accurately reflects what I felt as I wrote those lines. That I was able to capture the moment with such clarity is praise indeed.

David, by the lake said...

Janice -- it appears your tag got lost when I converted my blog to the new google format. My low level of blog-savvy is showing...

Janice Thomson said...

No problem David...my blog savvy isn't any better judging by where I put the comments and now I see I even used bad grammar :)

I hope you won't mind if I go through the rest of your poems and comment...I am very drawn to your writing.