ophelia, revisited
a moonlit night
forsaken on a bed
of wilt and roses
ophelia
we loved you all
dancing in the pale
silver spotlight
singing in the breeze
of your reflection
seeking love’s own touch
beneath the darkness
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A poem I wrote 25 years ago,
25 years of life and love and living
and the words still ring true,
still fit, perfectly.
So I wear them this day, this day to
Just sit there and look pretty
having never felt pretty, never thought of myself like that
never just sat there either, always got up
always was the butterfly, no, the bee
head down, gathering bits of honey
working hard to add some sweet
to a slightly bitter world.
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this post is part of the just sit there and look pretty challenge.
go here to see all the pretties…
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:26 am
I am just in from the moonlit night, Katie and I howling at the sky and Jupiter and yes, the moon. Yes we did – we howled.
This poem makes me shiver – “love’s own touch beneath the darkness” gave me goosebumps.
Thank you. From someone else who never felt pretty and never just sat there, though, to be honest, I would’ve liked to’ve known what that felt like. 🙂
September 23rd, 2010 at 7:58 am
This is gorgeous. So soft, subtle, shimmery. So pretty.
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:01 am
Beautiful poem, I can relate.
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:32 am
now this is nothing short of beautiful. you are so good at sitting and looking pretty, thel. you really are. (i meant to do this challenge, but the calendar snook up on me.)
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:34 am
Wow beautiful, soft delicate words. Thank you for sharing this lovely poem and its history today ♥
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:19 am
the past is the past….
and today you are beautiful !
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:34 am
I was struck by the same line as Debi. And the image, that image will haunt me all day.
Did you ever read ‘The Mermaid Chair’ by Sue Monk Kidd? Your image brought that book to mind – and the message I’ve never forgotten from within its pages … it’s all about ‘the enduring’.
I, too, admired Jupiter beneath the beautiful moon. Am way too inhibited to actually howl though.
If you were to turn yourself inside out – you’d see what we all know: you are WAAAAAY beyond pretty …
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:39 am
wonderful words! Such wisdom and a beautiful moody photo!
September 23rd, 2010 at 10:07 am
Ohhhhhhhhhh Kelly!!! Just beautiful on both the image & the words!! thank you! Love this!! <3
September 23rd, 2010 at 11:16 am
Just so beautiful. I must do this today.
September 23rd, 2010 at 11:33 am
such a sweet treat … beautiful, thanks 4 shareN
September 23rd, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Delicate and beautiful! I enjoyed so much! Thank you for sharing!
September 23rd, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Such a fabulous image and arresting words. As always, a beautiful combination. Thank you for sharing your world.
September 23rd, 2010 at 3:10 pm
oh even better with the words of growth my pretty friend!!
September 23rd, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Oh my God, Kelly, this is *incredible*! I love the photo, Ophelia buried in wood and ivy rather than water, and the poem… Wow. So beautiful and evocative.
And you do, oh you do, add sweet to the world. ♥
September 23rd, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Beautiful poem…
Bees are the doers of this world… All the best to you.
September 23rd, 2010 at 5:08 pm
beautiful image… beautiful poem… moving sentiment…
September 23rd, 2010 at 5:25 pm
a spectacular image. i see you in there and my god, you are beautiful.
xo
September 23rd, 2010 at 7:18 pm
this image, so hauntingly beautiful, paired with words that reach right down to my soul!
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:13 pm
beautiful words, surely, but i love that image!
{nice tameetcha!}
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Love it. And you. We build each other up, in our little honeybee hive, don’t we? Yes we do. This is more than pretty. It’s beautiful.
September 23rd, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I can’t see you, but I can tell you that your words are quite beautiful. Great maturity for that age too.
Brenda
September 23rd, 2010 at 9:41 pm
And what a sweet bee you are. You have added a touch of sugar to my day.
This image is absolutely breathtaking…as are your words.
I really must come by for a longer visit…
September 23rd, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Magic.
Pure magic.
September 24th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
You are very talented. That’s so beautiful.
Happy weekend, jj