There is no one left to tell
All the swirling dreams and chimney tops
It will pass
Do us no harm
Honey on our breath
A shot alone to fiddle
All treats will pass
We take our last breath
Like a call in the night
A shot across an empty sky
Honey on our lips
We are all alone
No one left to tell
We dream a thousand dreams
Wait until morning
When the rain will come and wash away our harms.
I love "all the swirling dreams and chimney tops", and the dreaming of a thousand dreams. It is always good when the rain washes away the harms.
ReplyDeletetake our last breath like a call in the night... goodness..that's so massive and vivid...
ReplyDeleteNo-one left to tell – except the world of poets, listening hard and eagerly through the walls and the rain.
ReplyDeletePlease let it be so that the rain will wash away all your harms. I quite like the style you have developed here Jae.
ReplyDeleteThis image of being alone at the final leg of our lives is powerful and packed with meaning. I love the repetition of ‘no one left to tell’.
ReplyDeleteI feel the aloneness you have portrayed in this poem. Hopefully in the morning things are different.
ReplyDeleteoooo, this is lovely.
ReplyDeleteIt has just started to rain here... and it soothes us all.
ReplyDeleteYes, the rain came for us last night, and I am joyous today!!! Tell everyone, tell it all, tell even those you do not know!!! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteSounds like this could be a tender song. Wonderfully written!
ReplyDeleteLovely Jae - especially just love 'honey on our lips' - so simple, yet so telling and powerful.. Exactly what the best of writing is all about...
ReplyDeleteI need to believe the rain can wash us clean...we need a good washing this world right now.
ReplyDeleteThe repeat of "there is no one left to tell" just really reinforces the feeling of isolation and powerlessness in the face of the elements.
ReplyDeleteHopefully in the morning things change...powerful words.
ReplyDeleteWait until morning
ReplyDeleteWhen the rain will come
and wash away our harms.
One cannot expect prayers to be answered fast. Immediate results may come to those deserving and in real need
Hank
The feeling of loneness is so powerful here!
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