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One River, Still Enough

February 9, 2022
By jybellman SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
jybellman SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
"Answer./ That you are here--that life exists and identity,/ That the powerful play goes on, and you may/ contribute a verse." - Walt Whitman (also quoted by Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society.)


Days have passed, days to come,

A river with no rapids, with no ravage at all, 

Quiet trinkles, every creature lay undisturbed.

Minds running faster than the stream, cycling and cycling.


My own measly eternity, waiting for a ripple.

The reflection staring back; morphing, taunting,

I lose myself in the blue, was I ever found?

Stagnation, ambition’s fatal curse, dares to glaze


A drop through the air, the warmth is gone.

Sun, he sets in his slumber—not yet.

Please, just another minute, another

Unspoken pleas can never fall on hearing ears.


The blue stills more, creeping into frost.

It crawls and crawls, my countenance only left to view,

Made of glass, of ice, our eyes see no relent—

Nothing can be done—


A soft blink, and the water stirs to life.


The author's comments:

I wrote this pretty quickly so it's not as refined at it could be. But for a first draft, it's pretty good in my opinion!


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on Apr. 29 2022 at 11:53 am
jybellman SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
"Answer./ That you are here--that life exists and identity,/ That the powerful play goes on, and you may/ contribute a verse." - Walt Whitman (also quoted by Robin Williams in Dead Poet's Society.)

@afra thank you so much!

Afra ELITE said...
on Feb. 15 2022 at 12:59 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."<br /> -Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

I can't believe that you wrote such a beautiful piece really quickly...You are talented...👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻