ahhh "golden hour" feels so peaceful! the line breaks in "Waiting" are perfect too-- they drag out the last lines and really give off a feeling of waiting. amazing job so far, Elinor!! ^-^
These days, I'm in a constant search for the smallest of reminders that I'm alive. a sip of coffee, the taste of morning oatmeal and chirping of birds in this golden place. still, I search, because something is missing. the feeling of a kiss, of knowing that I'm loved, that you love me, that I won't leave this world alone.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
OMG this is so good! I really like “Crossroads”, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow” “liminal concert hall” and “feeling”. I’ve been tackling similar themes over the last few years of NaPo, basically just trying to remember what I was trying to survive for and the battle between optimism and cynicism.
"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand." Leonardo Da Vinci
lately, i have been overcome with an overwhelming feeling of wanting to start over. sometimes fresh, no memories, no mistakes, nothing. just a liminal soundtrack and grainy photos to take me back to a time when i was happy, when i could be anything I wanted to be and i still had hope that everything would turn out okay and one day i'd have everything i wanted now, all i am, is getting older, weaker, and lonelier by the day, nearly thirty, on an endless voyage in search of something that might not exist. maybe it would if i could try again, maybe there are many mistakes, lies, disappointments, and failures on my ledger to make me worth saving. as much as i may try, i think they've left a permanent stain. for now, this story still doesn't have a title.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
Gosh- Your poem really struck a chord with me! (over here crying a little Elinor :,D) you beautifully capture that yearning we all feel at times for a fresh start, free from the burdens of our past in your poem. The imagery is so vivid, I could almost hear that "liminal soundtrack" and see those "grainy photos" myself! And the honesty in grappling with aging and the uncertainties of life adds such depth to this piece. It's like a raw, honest conversation with yourself!!
•I romanticized you to the point where the knives you pressed into my skin began to look like cupid's arrrow.•
it's rainy and dark and cold and i sit in a corridor on an upholstered chair that reminds me of what things must have been like forty years ago. as i put away my phone to preserve its juice (there are no outlets around here) i can almost hear the sound of synth, smell aquanet and musk and ronald reagan's voice playing on the radio. sheets of rain pour down the windows, a flash of lighting decorates the air, and planes sit in place, waiting for day to break. a chill runs down my body as i gaze at the others around, families, couples, and me, alone. alone. always alone.
i came here to be whisked away to something greater than myself, somewhere, someplace where i could be happy. and yet, a voice comes over the PA your flight was delayed, due to inclement weather -- another lighting flash -- we will let you know as soon as we are ready to board -- thunder and lightning now -- we thank you for your patience. lightning strikes thrice and i wonder if it's the start of something new, a fresh start, a new beginning.
until then, i wait, because that's all i can do.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
I woke up this morning with the strangest chill all throughout my body. I got a sweater from my closet and wrapped a fleece around my arms as I got ready to start my day. It should be summer and the sun (absent for the last few days) gives a little tease.
I'm starting to wonder if I brought the bad weather with me in my effort to escape. frost on the windows tells me something's not right, as I face another day in this endless liminal hallway of my life, just on the precipice of something maybe forever.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
Once upon a time, you were young and full of dreams, unburdened with the worries of the world. anything was possible and your days were full of lazy, careless fun. Life was a fairytale, people were basically good and everything you wanted was within reach. that girl is gone, but maybe you can find her again.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
I was whisked away today from my daily life back to 1965 (I swear they must have filmed an episode of Mad Men here)-- all it took to enter this other world this safer one was an hour's drive. I feel myself changing the longer I spend in this golden land, the sun against my skin a grand elixir curing me of everything that's past.
my hair is longer, my dresses flow and as of today, I'm officially a California girl (I have the paperwork to prove it) and yet- sweat still cakes around my feet, bags around my eyes, that familiar, ugly feeling.
I am so tired, and all I long for is a semblance of peace. I will try my best to drink it in.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
all it took for me to okay was for you to smile at me your eyes on mine a warm glow like the sun shining on my skin and yet somehow more; if you love me, then all will be okay.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
the sky is filled with a late afternoon golden glow it's still, almost too much, like the world isn't real all a studio backlot in a movie with no ending.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
another day in my lonely life every day, less real and further from shore as i watch life happen to other people and all i get is older. all i'd like is to escape to somewhere safe somewhere i am loved but i think i might be stuck here.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
Lately, I find myself with a nostalgia for a past that never existed a time when I was happy in my skin a time when the world was still filled with hope and opportunity. I want a hard reset on life. Maybe it will go, somewhere different, somewhere happier. that girl spent all her time dreaming of being older. but she doesn't understand not a single bit the power of limitless dreaming and a world of possibility.
All our dreams can come true — if we have the courage to pursue them. -- Walt Disney
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