Deltas, bluffs, sandbars, mooring, buoys, piers, driftwood
I miss the Mississippi, I wish I could float on home.
It was never a blue river. The rivers here in Portland are earthy, too. Still, the brown waters of the Mississippi were a great comfort when I was blue. I remember taking the bus downtown and walking over to the river view at Confederate Park. I sat on a park bench next to the old cannons, wondering if I'd ever launch.
If I was more energetic, I could go down to the water's edge and put my feet in it -- usually touching it was enough. Often seeing it was enough. The flow -- the rolling along.
I wanted so badly to get out of Memphis. Now that I'm firmly rooted here in the Northwest -- where other rivers roll along & carry away my blues -- I pine for it all the time. The place itself seems like magic -- but I miss my sister, my family, all the beautiful friends I have there.
Is autumn the time of universal longing for home?
My rivers are the Mississippi & Wolf
Willamette
Columbia
rivers run through me,
all rivers run to oceans
I dream of floating
more than I dream
of flying
floating is an easier dream
I can do it while still
mortal
to fly
I will first have
to die
Home is an idea -- an illusion that weighs heavily on my heart, that floats like a raft in my stream
I know how you feel Joy. I suppose that's the talent of the writer – this amazing ability to communicate powerful ideas and emotions in just a few poignant words that hit and pool like raindrops, sting like tears. You have such a gift for that. Now I'm homesick for my waters too. :) Hug.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a universal feeling and longing. It's important for us to miss things, it helps us find the our true self and our best values. Hug back.
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