Sunday, July 26, 2015

Mag 280 - By the Sea

Visual Prompt provided by Magpie Tales
By the sea
Waiting to be returned
The relic lies.
Washed ashore
By the last
Wave.

Waiting to leave
Like the others before
A visitor from another land
Above or below
 the rising sea.

They wade by
Debating the strangling's orgin
How far away on the waves
Had it come
Did its people miss it?
Or were they missing?

J. Binford-Bell
July 2015
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12 comments:

  1. Gemma WisemanJuly 27, 2015 at 4:05 AM

    Yes. The final question begs us to consider who or what may be missing. Lovely series of thoughts.

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  2. Other MaryJuly 27, 2015 at 4:55 AM

    There is a certain sense of loss/lost with this.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 27, 2015 at 6:06 AM

    well said!

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  4. UnknownJuly 27, 2015 at 6:53 AM

    Nice write. :-)

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  5. BerowneJuly 28, 2015 at 3:07 AM

    And all those merchant seamen, all those lost, know the answers...

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  6. PokeyJuly 28, 2015 at 10:30 AM

    Excellent write!! I like the analogy of the mask bing flotsam on the sea!

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  7. JiRaJuly 28, 2015 at 7:57 PM

    Sounds like a fun mystery.

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  8. IraJuly 28, 2015 at 10:22 PM

    Sometimes it can hold true for the humans too; those who move away from their people searching for greener pastures only to realize later that they are left alone! Well written!

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  9. Kathe W.July 29, 2015 at 10:04 AM

    Excellent imagery.

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  10. CifarJuly 31, 2015 at 12:57 AM

    excellent

    Ashamed

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  11. Magaly GuerreroJuly 31, 2015 at 5:17 AM

    That last line is brilliant! Love suspense in a poem. ♥

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  12. MichaelAugust 4, 2015 at 7:44 PM

    often when lonely, I wonder if everyone is missing from my life or If I am missing from all of there's

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I appreciate all kind comments on my art and poetry.

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