Welcome to this week's edition of Scribble the program that brings to life the world of Poetry and Creative Writing. On the programme we have an interview with Jen Walls, poetry from Kara Johnstad, Paul Griffiths, Bob Williams, Skylark Hatee, Esi Yanksy, Dianne Forbes Compton and Tom Nelson
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LOVING YOU
Loving You
I shall die
Either way
There is no return.
For if I say no
To this passion
That slumbers within,
No, to your laughter
That slips under my skin
No to my heart
That longs to take wing
No, to a moment
More precious than spring
No, because the distance
Is far too far, too vast
No, because why try?
When we know that nothing will last...
In this moment
When I look life
Right straight in the eyes
And choose NO
In response to God's sweetest surprise
In that same moment of NO
I shall start to whither and die
My heart shall grow heavy
And the sun shall not rise
Live a pauper's life
Empty pockets and pretty lies
Solemn and somber
A lovely disguise
I buried my flight
'So well behaved”
Ticking off time
As I march to my grave
And yet if I say yes,
To following this bliss
The kind that leads to topsy-turvys
And martinis with a twist
Yes, to the difference in age
And the difference of place
The wild funny stories
And a place on your face
Yes to these lines,
That just won't leave my head
You go grrrlllll,
Before you are dead.
If I say yes to this ache
Which I don't understand
That has pulled me right out of
My logical plans....
If I say yes,
To licking the salt off your skin
Or allowing you to enter me
Deep deep within
Then my oh my
Then I shall really die
As I surrender
To life's sweetest surprise
And this death will be quick
On that night of no moons
As we glide on lake
And you dive like a loon...
And there in the dark
Without time, age or space
There we are showered
In God’s Holy Grace
I am not here
And you are not there
We are where nobody worries
And nobody cares
Only our souls to see
If it were true
Only our hearts that beat..
I love you.
Kara Johnstad
Thank you, Neil and the great Scribble Community. Thank you, Christian Lindquist for providing the music for this piece. You can find more of Christian Lindquist's exquisite piano pieces at Christian Lindquist - Solo Piano Diary
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