I Hide in the Wide Open
Bliss forgot how to bury
people I left. Someone’s dreams
kept the lamp full blue. They say
I vanished into laughter—
a closed river, caught water.
I still wait at the event
horizon in the moon’s dark.
Never alone, out of hope.
Out of blame, I no longer
hum between unopened glass
panels. Always the same, I
still wait at the warning shaped
like a kicked-in door, my room—
pictures without walls, a ceiling.
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“Someone’s dreams kept the lamp full blue.”
I love this line and the way it makes me feel
Not sure I fully grasp this, Roberta, but I adore the music of it.
Wowsers, Roberta! This poem sings!
Adore:
“Someone’s dreams
kept the lamp full blue. They say
I vanished into laughter—”
Pam–this is from Phillip’s phrase bank “home fun.” I posted it up here just to see what people would say about how very lyrical these poems turn out to be. 🙂