timmy's poetry - 5. In The Course of Time

tim you have such a gift. I am also having a bad day, and your words were perfect.
I say it most every time I comment, but thank you. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Molly

Thank you for sharing these, tim. You are so very good expressing the paradox of feeling love and pain, hope and sadness, all simultaneously.
Poem 1: You define love so aptly in the second stanza – You accepted me as I was…gave eternity in a ring, I heard echoes of joy and distilled melancholy both in this one verse. You do not want to go, no, and I don't want you to, either. None can tell how kind the years will be, but we know we must be stronger together than as fragments. When memory brings you to us, we will yet be stronger, for you have a place in our hearts, indeed.
Poem 2: Hope and melancholy coexist in the same heart, as dissonant notes and timbres exist in the same music. It is not as strange as it might seem. And the music of your soul – expressed in this poem – will surely echo always.

I don't like this, tim... not at all... is it your imagination or is it reality. I have been in a state of grief, mourning love lost... and I so don't want to think of you facing such a thing. This breaks my heart... I hope the rally of the second poem means the first is only about fears, and not something more real... much love, tim xoxoxoxoxo

Hi tim,

your poems give me a lot to think and to feel, like every single one of them, which I read. At the moment my head is humming with all the different thoughts and associations. And for a review I have to limit myself to one, I think. So I concentrated on the verse, that touched me in a very deep but allover positive way.

“Please know I do not want to go”

1) I think that it shows your compassion and understanding and deep love for your husband. It is so important to say, write or otherwise communicate words like this. Not being attempted, to take for granted the other person knows, is good - really good.

2) As your friend it is a relief to read this too.

3)I guess hope can only exist, if there is sadness or fear etc., because otherwise we won't have a use of it. This wish to live is a manifestation of hope. At least I see it that way.

4) This is a good example of being empowered through the gift of writing. To explain fears, call them by name, but although being able to change perspective into the beloved one and see his needs and answer them.

5) I talk/write too much!

....but I need one last thing to say: It is not naturally, to be able to take that twist in perspective and thoughts, if someone feels scared and sad or even physically not well. So deep respect to you.
xoxoxo Lyssa

On 01/22/2017 04:08 AM, mollyhousemouse said:

tim you have such a gift. I am also having a bad day, and your words were perfect.

I say it most every time I comment, but thank you. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.

Molly

Sorry you're not feeling well, too, molly. Much hugs..

tim

On 01/22/2017 04:11 AM, Parker Owens said:

Thank you for sharing these, tim. You are so very good expressing the paradox of feeling love and pain, hope and sadness, all simultaneously.

Poem 1: You define love so aptly in the second stanza – You accepted me as I was…gave eternity in a ring, I heard echoes of joy and distilled melancholy both in this one verse. You do not want to go, no, and I don't want you to, either. None can tell how kind the years will be, but we know we must be stronger together than as fragments. When memory brings you to us, we will yet be stronger, for you have a place in our hearts, indeed.

Poem 2: Hope and melancholy coexist in the same heart, as dissonant notes and timbres exist in the same music. It is not as strange as it might seem. And the music of your soul – expressed in this poem – will surely echo always.

Thanks Parker. No i don't want to go, but it's coming, maybe faster than we thought. But i won't go gently, least not till right at the end.

Thanks for your comments and support.

tim xoxo

On 01/22/2017 06:09 AM, Reader1810 said:

I wish I could make all your worry and fear disappear forever, but I can't. What I can and will gladly do is send you the biggest cyber hug a mind can fathom. :hug:

There is a definition of fathom that is rather apropos, I think.

Fathom is from Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm"outstretched arms

tim, even though it seems that your mind is weary, your ability to express yourself, is strong and powerful. As always, nicely done.

Thanks Reader. Usually i can push away the bad stuff, but it's harder when mixed with the physical. Love the definition. And you're right, it's perfect!!

thanks, tim

xo

On 01/22/2017 07:08 AM, Headstall said:

I don't like this, tim... not at all... is it your imagination or is it reality. I have been in a state of grief, mourning love lost... and I so don't want to think of you facing such a thing. This breaks my heart... I hope the rally of the second poem means the first is only about fears, and not something more real... much love, tim xoxoxoxoxo

I'm sorry Gary. i'll be okay, never fear. i don't quit easily, just like you. Don't worry, please, it doesn't help.

thanks for your support and friendship

tim xoxo

On 01/22/2017 08:15 AM, Lyssa said:

Hi tim,

 

your poems give me a lot to think and to feel, like every single one of them, which I read. At the moment my head is humming with all the different thoughts and associations. And for a review I have to limit myself to one, I think. So I concentrated on the verse, that touched me in a very deep but allover positive way.

 

“Please know I do not want to go”

 

1) I think that it shows your compassion and understanding and deep love for your husband. It is so important to say, write or otherwise communicate words like this. Not being attempted, to take for granted the other person knows, is good - really good.

 

2) As your friend it is a relief to read this too.

 

3)I guess hope can only exist, if there is sadness or fear etc., because otherwise we won't have a use of it. This wish to live is a manifestation of hope. At least I see it that way.

 

4) This is a good example of being empowered through the gift of writing. To explain fears, call them by name, but although being able to change perspective into the beloved one and see his needs and answer them.

 

5) I talk/write too much!

 

....but I need one last thing to say: It is not naturally, to be able to take that twist in perspective and thoughts, if someone feels scared and sad or even physically not well. So deep respect to you.

xoxoxo Lyssa

Hi Lyssa.

I think I’ll have to try reviewing poetry your way. It may help me do a better job of it.

1.Michael knows how I feel, we make sure we talk and tell each other.

2.Glad you’re my friend and no, I don’t want to go.

3.Yes, you’re right of course, without pain, hurt and other sad things, hope would be unnecessary.

4.Thanks, I enjoy words and expressing myself with them.

5.Mmm, no you don’t talk /write too much. You’re very good at it. Don’t stop.

5a.To me when I’m hurting or afraid, it’s the best time to write poetry.

Thanks Lyssa!

tim xo

To know a mother's love and then the harsh reality of the world.... Well, count yourself amongst the lucky ones to have come out on the other side. You found more of that unconditional love.

Your poems have always amazed me, and they continue to do so.

On 01/24/2017 10:57 AM, AC Benus said:

To know a mother's love and then the harsh reality of the world.... Well, count yourself amongst the lucky ones to have come out on the other side. You found more of that unconditional love.

 

Your poems have always amazed me, and they continue to do so.

Thanks AC .. i do know how lucky i am and how easily it could have been otherwise. And I got lucky meeting Mike and ending up here..

thanks for your support .. xoxo ps thankful for mad poets too!!

It makes me think of not wanting to leave someone but also,not wanting my leaving to set them adrift if I couldn't stop what was in motion. 

As I slog through the whole catalog....

tim...

So far you're one of my favorites 

3 minutes ago, Starrynight22 said:

It makes me think of not wanting to leave someone but also,not wanting my leaving to set them adrift if I couldn't stop what was in motion. 

 

 

As I slog through the whole catalog....

tim...

 

So far you're one of my favorites 

 

 

i have health issues... i was not well when i wrote this...Michael was with me and worried .. thanks for reading them xoxo