The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Fri 3/9/2007)

[RetroLounge]

There Comes the Strangest Moment

There comes the strangest moment in your life,
when everything you thought before breaks free--
what you relied upon, as ground-rule and as rite
looks upside down from how it used to be.

Skin's gone pale, your brain is shedding cells;
you question every tenet you set down;
obedient thoughts have turned to infidels
and every verb desires to be a noun.

I want--my want. I love--my love. I'll stay
with you. I thought transitions were the best,
but I want what's here to never go away.
I'll make my peace, my bed, and kiss this breast…

Your heart's in retrograde. You simply have no choice.
Things people told you turn out to be true.
You have to hold that body, hear that voice.
You'd have sworn no one knew you more than you.

How many people thought you'd never change?
But here you have. It's beautiful. It's strange.

Kate Light

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RL

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[Callalily]

1. Yes, personal change

comes, it kind of sneaks up on us, a silent attack. But that's life . . . never ending change.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

2. ...

:hi:

RL

[Callalily]

3. Hey . . . nice

to see you! Hope all is going well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Retro........

I like this one a lot.......

I see myself......

Especially here:

...There comes the strangest moment in your life,
when everything you thought before breaks free--
what you relied upon, as ground-rule and as rite
looks upside down from how it used to be...

This was a pivotal moment for me......Nice to see I wasn't alone in it...

Thank you........:hug:

[RetroLounge]

6. Yeah, I related quite a bit also

Skin's gone pale, your brain is shedding cells;
you question every tenet you set down;
obedient thoughts have turned to infidels
and every verb desires to be a noun.


RL

[Guava Jelly]

5. I like that one!

Yes indeed

[RetroLounge]

7. ...

:hi:

RL

[zingaro]

8. dang I had to search this out.

I'm in a rather cynical place at the moment but I still can catch the swoon for this one.

obedient thoughts have turned to infidels
and every verb desires to be a noun.

Your heart's in retrograde. You simply have no choice.

Yep. I can catch it.

...almost...

:hi:

[wildhorses]

9. i absolutely adore the cadence of this

so rhythmic while all the while punching hard at the truth:loveya: