there is a view
of the ocean
at your
back door
yet you
keep staring at the well-established paths,
the ones'
which feel like home,
despite the
darkness they cast
like a
magnet they are gluing pieces together
you trust
the taste of familiar in their shadow play
empty
fields of sorrow are the place
where you
sow your wild flowers
your spirit
like a cold breeze
stroking
their blossoms
you can't
hide who you really are
on your own
and if your
life seems like a black book
remember
that the black makes
the silver
stars appear
*
Sometimes I feel as if your poems are haranguing me. There is indeed an ocean at my back door, here in Northern Ireland and I could be anywhere in the world tomorrow, but 40 countries later, I'm still making little furrows in rows of gale blown sands. I once read about the youngest person to win the lottery in England. He spent the rest of his life never leaving the house. Lucky guy, I thought.
ReplyDeleteMy soul is a bit restless, it envies your travels, (I'd love to go to Ireland or Scotland), but then again, a person may stay quite the same; and I know that staying all your life inside has its perks...as long as you don't go insane..but then again...a lot of paths we make unconsciously.
DeleteI think I saw where you thought you were Celtic. I've heard Czechs say the same thing. Is there any evidence for that. The strange thing is that not much of the famous Irish literature quite captures being here.
DeleteQuoting some resources: "In the Iron Age, present-day Slovenia was inhabited by Illyrian and Celtic tribes until the 1st century BC, when the Romans conquered the region establishing the provinces of Pannonia and Noricum.
DeleteHowever the Celts came to the Slovenian region relatively late, namely around 250 years B. C., during their return from Greece after being defeated by the Romans. When the Romans arrived in present day Slovenia, in the 1st Century B. C., there is no mention of the Celts. There are also very few remains of Celtic material culture."
Two cities (that I know of) derived from Celtic names: Keleia - now Celje, and Ptuj, which was a Celtic settlement back then...They have passed through this land, for how long and how much they left behind.. it's hard to say.
I once read that the earliest evidence of Celts was somewhere in Austria, possibly Hallstatt. As yet another aside, a girl I met in Ljubljana years ago suggested that Slovenia suffers from anonymity because its name sounds like the English word "sloven".
DeleteNever heard that Austria has the earliest evidence of Celts, so strange to think, we connect Ireland with Celts for the most part. I don't know if we suffer from it (I've never heard about it, so probably an average Slovenian hasn't either), but we do seem to be a country of "sheep" in need of a leader.
DeleteI can relate to this. No matter where someone is spatially, the mind's environment can shape much more of life through pining ("staring at the well-established paths").
ReplyDeleteIt is strange when well laid paths are avoided. One makes it a point to unravel those uncertain ones and take chances. That's the way of the world so that there are excitements perhaps! Nicely Natasa!
ReplyDeleteHank
I specially like the ending, the black making the silver stars appear ~ I think its the choice we all have to make, familiar or the strange new roads ~ Happy Sunday ~
ReplyDeletetrue in how the dark and light play together....we are def creatures of habit as well....sticking to those pathes that we know...the well worn and safe ones....
ReplyDeleteSometimes we have to walk other roads to get out of the shadows... maybe it's as easy as going out the back - door... really a very good advice..
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful...the treads we create in life often make it hard to get off that path.
ReplyDeleteThere is comfort in worn paths especially in the darkness. Like home as you put it.
ReplyDeleteLove the ending.. it rings with truth... you can't hide who you really are
ReplyDeleteon your own
and if your life seems like a black book
remember that the black makes
the silver stars appear
fantastic lines...
Your last two lines are great reminders.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2014/01/03/evidence-of/
There are people who I know would benefit from reading this but I doubt they would be receptive to it. Great writing
ReplyDeletePea
WOW!!!!! This poem speaks DIRECTLY to my soul and feels like it was written for me. That is a really good poem! A fantastic write, kiddo. Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh, I like the philosophy here. Indeed if we didn't have the black we wouldn't see the silver. I do think as well if we didn't have 'evil' we probably would not recognize 'good. It is due to the contrasts that we DO see the beauty!
ReplyDeleteLove the ending. It is true. Also like the opening lines a lot.
ReplyDeleteParticularly appreciate the closing. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHow true your closing words. There is always a light - if we look for it.
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
i like the backdoor view as well as the starlit black night...
ReplyDeletethe ending lines are just awesome!
ReplyDeletei think people are just more comfortable with the familiar.
Really a beautiful write---so well done! And it speaks to the restless heart in me
ReplyDelete"and if your life seems like a black book
ReplyDeleteremember that the black makes
the silver stars appear"
This is brilliant and beautiful. A perfect ending. Loved it.
Natasa,
ReplyDeleteIdentity and familiarity mean so much to most of us. Belonging to something which can be located and tangible...Heritage perhaps.
Happy New year,
Eileen
Stunning imagery here
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