Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Silver Linings


Silver Linings



One good day , One Bad day
Arthritic steps
slowly crunching on  

Best time for silver linings
Is when you are blindfolded
Trace them through your heart
Holding its shattered pieces in place

The hand which holds your hair
When you are unloading your stomach out
And which holds your hand
When you are unloading your heart out.

The voice which might be on a virtual screen
Million miles away
An emoji in the end
 which wipes that tear away.

One good day , One bad day
A spring in my step
Steadily marching on.

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29 comments:

  1. Gillena CoxMay 15, 2018 at 6:42 PM

    Yin and Yang. Never lean to only the bad times. The good times are there too. Luv this sermon of faith and hope

    much love...

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  2. Mary (Wilds of Idaho)May 15, 2018 at 10:43 PM

    love this, the swaying rhythm of the lines

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  3. brudbergMay 16, 2018 at 1:39 AM

    Not easy to make it well with a single smiley... but we have to try.

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  4. Sherry Blue SkyMay 16, 2018 at 2:43 AM

    I so know that "steadily marching on".........I love the spirit in this poem.

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    1. Samyuktha Semi JayaprakashMay 29, 2018 at 8:41 PM

      Thank you :D That spirit is what this blog is all about!

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  5. AnonymousMay 16, 2018 at 3:56 AM

    Best time for silver linings
    Is when you are blindfolded
    Trace them through your heart
    Holding its shattered pieces in place

    this is a wonderfully immaculate stanza - the idea of being blindfolded and having to feel/trace silver linings through the heart is particular - extremely powerful - because it speaks of learning to know hope, faith without the "seeing is believing aspect" - which truly is so difficult to do - to learn - to be - especially when facing a crisis - and knowing, yes, sometimes it does help to have support - but essentially, it is truly about self-support and suspension of disbelief that will enable one to long term get through it all

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    1. Samyuktha Semi JayaprakashMay 29, 2018 at 8:42 PM

      Thanks for that brilliant dissection. Now I feel like a real poet :P

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  6. kaykualaMay 16, 2018 at 4:29 AM

    One good day , One bad day
    A spring in my step
    Steadily marching on.

    Spring may not be all that friendly at certain times, but life must go on!

    Hank

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    1. Samyuktha Semi JayaprakashMay 29, 2018 at 8:43 PM

      A spring , a thud , a whoosh! Just take what you can give and roll with it I say :D

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  7. annell4May 16, 2018 at 7:19 PM

    A lovely poem, you speak of the pain, the hand, the voice, and yet you continue on.

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  8. SusanMay 16, 2018 at 8:30 PM

    That hand, that voice--Yes--put spring into the arthritic step. Beautiful.

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  9. Sumana RoyMay 16, 2018 at 8:32 PM

    I love the spirit to move on in spite of everything...There's always an emoji at each bend.

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  10. revelationsMay 16, 2018 at 9:17 PM

    enjoyed this immensely it left me with a positive smile

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  11. Sherry Blue SkyMay 16, 2018 at 10:55 PM

    I especially like the hand to hold when one is emptying one's heart. Enjoyed this even more the second time, Samyuktha.

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    1. Samyuktha Semi JayaprakashMay 29, 2018 at 8:45 PM

      Wow. Second time read! I feel like I'm in the big leagues now :D

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  12. NamrathaMay 17, 2018 at 12:38 AM

    grateful for the hand and voice and emoji is what I derive as the emotion of this poem. Steadily marching on..

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  13. indybevMay 17, 2018 at 4:35 AM

    The secret is in the "steadily marching on"! Good write.

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  14. purplepeninportland.comMay 17, 2018 at 6:11 AM

    'Best time for silver linings
    Is when you are blindfolded'

    Love those words. Wonderful poem!

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  15. Bekkie SanchezMay 17, 2018 at 11:34 PM

    Your line, "Arthritic steps slowly crunching on" spoke to me I have such bad knees! Lol! The best thing about happiness is that it always returns.

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