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OftenBen  ·  3644 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's Washed up on Your Shore?

My ship floats, but recent storms have stripped it of amenities, gentleness and most meaningful adornment. I shall soon spend time by the shore patching holes, collecting pearls from the bivalve books populating the surf, whispering truth to those who care to listen. I will warm myself with salty driftwood fire, and return to the waves ere long.

A ship is safe in the harbor, but that's not what ships are for.





lil  ·  3644 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I realize that I spend most of my life listening to language as if it were all metaphor. Whatever people say, I see it also as metaphor. So a description like yours, of - I imagine - your life, seems quite understandable. Stay warm. I love this:

    collecting pearls from the bivalve books populating the surf
OftenBen  ·  3644 days ago  ·  link  ·  

:D

Looking over the other posts I'm tempted to expand this into something that more approaches poetic form, over descriptive form. After my concert tonight, and 2 exams tomorrow that is.

lil  ·  3644 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good luck with your concert and exams. Shout out to me if you rewrite the above as a poem.