how many days will
it take for a crawling pupa
to hide her legs and
grow her own soft cage
where she will
further evolve into
a winged butterfly?
how much pain will
she survive to transform
from a leaf-beggar to
a fragile air glider who
can freely fly?
how many tiny cells
hidden from the naked eye will
she have to break and birth
to create and be created?
i wonder, likewise
how much loss can
a human heart endure
before one learns to hear
and accept the
goodbyes left unsaid.
—
11.23.2017
©2017 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved.
Photo Jian Xhin@lyianko
In response to dVerse Poetics: ‘The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me’.
“…how much loss can / a human heart endure / before one learns to hear / and accept the / goodbyes left unstated…”. Beautiful. And can we ever learn that?
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The answer my friend is blowing in the wind….
I could not refrain from thinking of Bob Dylan’s lyrics here. Fantastic poetry
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oh wow. what an honor that is. Thank you, Bjorn!
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Beautiful and thought provoking poetry Rosema. That last verse is particularly hard hitting. I don’t think the heart ever learns to deal with loss it just adapts to cope day by day.
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i agree to that, Davy! Thank you!
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I liked these phrases: ” to break and birth
to create and be created” and “to hear
and accept the
goodbyes left unsaid”
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ah. thank you, Frank!
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The journey of becoming a butterfly is one that all of has have to take, sooner or later ~ Our heart will endure, more than we can ever know ~
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ah i cannot agree more, Grace. Thank you!
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Wow! Beautiful poem, Rosey!
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Thank you, PJ!
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❤ ❤
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Beautiful! Just the thought of a pupa growing ‘her own soft cage’ and transforming into ‘a fragile air glider’ – at what cost? And then equating that to a human heart.
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awww. indeed. at what cost. thank you, Kim!
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…how much loss can / a human heart endure / before one learns to hear / and accept the / goodbyes left unstated”…wow Rose..beautiful..
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awww. thank you, Mich!
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I really like the feeling of struggle that it takes to transform oneself into that beautiful being we were always meant to be! Beautiful!!
Dwight
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wow. thank you, Dwight!
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You are welcome!
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Awww this is so beautiful!! I think the human heart would always be able to endure more than we think we can
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I have to agree with that. Thank you, Ameena! And happy holidays to you!
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The heart can take much, but how long does the body it’s trapped in live to see the end?
Wonderful poetry as always
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i cannot agree more. sigh. happy holidays, Dev!
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You too Rosema
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thank you!
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Oh my, I could sure feel this one–too familiar. Bravo.
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awwwww. thank you, sissy love!
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Most welcome.
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❤ ❤ ❤
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❤ 🙂
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