Somewhere Near the Far Side of Insight
I don’t just look and see,
but I watch
and I savour and I learn
and then I try
to hoard what I find like
you would
small golden treasures ..
Each strung out
like pretty bunting across
the skyline of
an unfamiliar and all too
brief lifetime ..
As tiny and crisscrossed
as the faintest
of cracks in small glazed
earthenware pots ..
Still here, in my very own
shell I pretend
to bathe in old sunlight ..
While casually
wondering just how many
more wasted
horizons, sunsets, faces
and views,
shall eventually become
little more than
vague opaque scenes each
etched upon
the tired old retinas of this
nameless and near
forgotten mans fading dreams ..
Brilliant.
Thanks Thomas .. Very much appreciated mate .. 😎👍
This is great writing Nev.
I loved how descriptive it is and how it connects with the soul.
How we all try to live for something greater while time wastes away.
Enjoy Miami!
Im headed to Tampa in a couple of weeks!
Safe travels!
Many of my most heart-felt thank you’s Adelphina .. take care and enjoy Tampa .. I should be well on my way to Peru and Chile by then .. Neville 😎👍
Powerfully penned, Neville. Excellent write my friend. Have fun on your adventure and I hope you find inspiration. Be safe out there. Appreciate you.
Damian
Thanks loads Damian .. will sure try and will let you know .. Neville 😎👍
Neville, this poem was an artistic and soulful masterpiece. I felt the aging poet contemplating his life and its direction. Truly a grandly composed art poem that took me to places my heart often finds itself as I grown older. This resonates with me like a jazz song.
John
bless you sir .. cheers n all that jazz .. neville with a very humble small N 😎👍
This personally touches me deep, words I need to listen and hear today…
“I don’t just look and see,
but I watch
and I savour and I learn
and then I try
to hoard what I find”
How beautifully wise this is, I want to try and be like this always but I seem to fail sometimes, you wrote it with genuine and true feelings. another sailing another journey another experience 🌞 🌊 and don’t worry about me I won’t fly anywhere, I will be still here 😁
I just got the thumbs up to travel which was touch and go for a while because of my bad chest but now that I’ve got the go ahead, its all systems go .. I travel to London tomorrow & then get a flight to Miami .. from there I jump ship and head for South America eventually ending up in Chile .. Isn’t it amazing what lengths some folk will go for a bit of inspiration 😎.. I’m so glad You found this one .. You reading this particular little scribble is an honour in itself .. Oh’ and just for the record, we all fail sometimes and some of us more than others .. and also for the record, I do worry about You & wish You were were elsewhere, somewhere safe & maybe with me .. My goodness, would we ever stop writing .. Take care while I am away my very dearest G Girl & don’t let them get you down .. Your mate, Me .. Neville 😎🌻💛⭐🌟👍