Waiting for Kathryn (A Poem Prompted by Big Tent Poetry)

Sometimes we write poetry as a calming device, which is what I did when I wrote the bones of this poem ~ a list of what I was experiencing in the precise moment I was experiencing it, a list of what I was hearing, feeling, saying to myself.

I love how it ended in my writing, at the moment I was dreading, with... well, you will see when you read.

Thank you, BigTentPoetry.org for the prompt.

 

What words will I use

to describe this experience?

This meeting I never expected

to have when this day

began?

I comb through my thoughts,

ricocheting back and forth.

Am I ugly?

Will she hate me?

Will my presence

lunge her into

morry (more worry) ~

Will her presence

lunge me into

morry?

"Pray" it came to me

"Pray, this is a sacred moment."

Fruition, finally

The infinite loop de loop

of the feminine

Engorged promise

forever waiting until now

My fingers calm

my thoughts as

I write, write, write

Breathe into this.

Realities are unknown

Trust the.....

= = = = = = = =

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Comments

[carolee]

writing as calming tool: i know it well! glad you can capture these moments; that's a great benefit, too.

[Jingle]

smart words.
writing is a way to express, vent, and entertain,

of course, you are right, wriitng enhance the quality of our life, we remain happier and smarter via writing and communication among writers.

[Donna Vorreyer]

There is a nice tension here. SOunds like an intense experience.

[Elizabeth]

writing for me is an actual visual thing. I write the words, but only then can I see them, their definitions clearly, really see what I am thinking and feeling, and that promptly brings the ability to breathe. This sounds like a tense moment and by following the words, you found what you needed. May your New Year be warm and welcoming,

Elizabeth

[wayne]

i really like what you have written here....thanks for sharing...have a great 2011

[Victoria]

You had my imagination going full force. But what an amazing way to bring us into your experience. Perfect.
Happy New Year.
Victoria