The gravel shifting under the water... I came in with my dramatic little grief and the current basically tapped the stones like... Dearie, keep moving, I have mountains to grind.
This is absolutely breathtaking, Chris—both deeply haunting and profoundly educational. Your closing lines about not being healed by kindness, but being returned to motion, hit with incredible, raw http://truth.It is a beautiful coincidence; I published a piece yesterday mapping out how we waste existence sitting passively in the waiting room of our own lives. Your poem is the perfect, enduring proof of why we must abandon the scripts and surrender to the current. Thank you for this masterpiece! 🛡️🤍⛵🌊
Very nice.. good read and visual image
https://substack.com/@michaelforrestlmt/note/c-269945022?r=7sfqpz&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Oh wow. You went full nature here!
Indeed!
"You are returned to motion. And that is the only mercy I know" - soooo good, Chris!
Thank you Karen, I felt that one as a strong close.
Love 💕
Thanks so much!
I could feel this 🌊🫶
Thank you so much
So beautiful.
Thank you J.R.!
A beautiful poem, very comforting. It captures something profound about this world that we humans are only one part of.
Thank you LailaS!
Beautiful!
Thank you Diane!
The gravel shifting under the water... I came in with my dramatic little grief and the current basically tapped the stones like... Dearie, keep moving, I have mountains to grind.
In some ways, that’s very comforting. Thank you Asuka.
Well written and a great read!
Thank you Shanna!
Amazingly written. I like the cadence of your tone
Thank you so much Zoe!
This is absolutely breathtaking, Chris—both deeply haunting and profoundly educational. Your closing lines about not being healed by kindness, but being returned to motion, hit with incredible, raw http://truth.It is a beautiful coincidence; I published a piece yesterday mapping out how we waste existence sitting passively in the waiting room of our own lives. Your poem is the perfect, enduring proof of why we must abandon the scripts and surrender to the current. Thank you for this masterpiece! 🛡️🤍⛵🌊
Thank you so much for this incredible feedback Ágnesmókus, means a lot to connect like this.
Beautiful poem . I love the idea that we are all part of nature's plan.
Thank you Phyllis!
wow that is amazing... made me feel like my worries are so minor.. .
Thank you for reading!
I love this! Such a great poem. The part about grief really hit me.
Thank you MG!
I could relate to this🙏
Thanks for reading!