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“It is not
down in any map; true places never are.”
~ Herman Melville
I am the
daughters and the sons
the inheritance
you did not expect
and the one
your eyes will never see
I am the
hole in the knee of your favorite jeans
flowers blooming
that killed your back to plant in the spring
I am the late-night
poems
the ones
you did not know you could write
the true love
you never spoke of
I am the
callus hands of regret
the scars
from splintered decks and wayward falls
the weight
of cares that you have gotten good at holding
and then
even better at trying to hide
I am the
lines around the mouth and eyes
going different
directions like roads on a map
the
perilous journey of a westward expanse
the kind
that leaves it’s mark on every pioneer
lines of a
poem upon your face
I speak truth
through silence
the kind
that even a blind man could truly see.
Wonderful, Carrie. Those closing lines especially.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful--just a moving and wonderful poem.
ReplyDeleteI love the tag "it's written all over your face"! As usual, you get right down to some home truths. I especially liked the blooms that it killed your back to plant.
ReplyDelete"I am the hole in the knee of your favorite jeans" - perfect.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is splendid poetry
ReplyDeleteStay safe and creative
Much💛love
Love this, Carrie. This list of things is just right.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to copy and paste the entire poem, but settled on this line "lines of a poem upon your face" I love it. We who write poetry see it spoken everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThe "I am" statements are so strong and so unique. There is so much accuracy in this! Well done!
ReplyDeleteYour "I am's" are so well drawn. Great stuff.
ReplyDeleteTo be .. or not to be .. one of your "I am's" .. would be amazing thing in your world.
ReplyDelete"I am the callus hands of regret"
ReplyDeleteExcellent writing, Carrie!
"I am the reader who truly love this poem." I like them all, the last hits my nerve.
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