Sinbadthesailorman

Dec 21, 2007 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Words

Sometimes I am amazed by the words

Where do they come from, thin air?

Or from the other side, of the

Oceans of Lost Emotions and the Seas of Salty Fallen Tears

They grow from my thoughts, and take on a life of their very own

Where is the creator of these words? Where do they come from?

Placed into rows, sentences, and then phrases

Do they give any foresight, insight, or are they just

Hindsight?

The whisperings, of an old fool?

The single most intriguing thing; to me is, I am almost positive, it is not me

Why is it I don't know what it is or where they come from?

An ideal; of my making?

Did I not write them, type them, mold, and shape them?

But, yet did I create them?

Could I ever, claim them as mine?

When I can't define their spawning; yet, I will claim them, for they have touched me and I them

Like a lover in a dream they amuse me, they tease me, please me

and

Some times make me cry, and then chuckle, or at least smile

and

Then I begin to think and dream as before

Before I was unable to use them to retain your love

Before I lost them and you

A thought by Sinbad the Sailor Man

— Sinbadthesailorman, Dec 21, 2007

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: U.S. A. Indiana, Valparaiso, USA

Favorite Poets: Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Carl Sandburg these I have read some And so Many More. I have no Favorite or any that I dislike. Whom I consider to be poets; of course there are many Dark and hateful souls, who would cry out and to I will lend an ear, but some. They just leave a awful taste in my heart that I can not bear to read twice. Let alone as many times I would do normally; as I must.

Critiques

waterdragon

18 years 5 months ago

I can relate

I have wondered these things quite often myself! BTW, I think you mean "single", not "signal" - "the single most intriguing thing" My only ?? response is to the twist at the end. Not that I don't like it, it just startles me out of the mood the rest of the poems sets -- Reverend Bec Hudson Shine Your Light It's the ONLY Way to Get Rid of the Darkness!

Sinbadthesailorman

18 years 4 months ago

Yes Thank you I so often

miss spell and place other words or even partail words in but on the box at home I had it set to catch most of them now I'll have to reset everything for the mother bord got fried but a buddy thinks he can recovery the work and that is all I'am hoping to get back from this box it is seven yrs old and has been to Utha and back through the mail not packed correctly so Iam very fontunate it lasted this long just un fortunate that I finely started to use it againto do something I enjoyed please if every you see the simple little boo boos let me know for I can reread them over and over and still not find them unless I'am searching for them Thanks again Donnie/ Sinbad

weirdelf

18 years 5 months ago

A book I have put off buying,

(you know I work in a bookshop) is on the nature of Muses, cos it costs a lot $50. In the end I think it is ourselves. Jung talks about the creative process taking a life of its own, as many poets and most novelists acknowledge. But where does it really come from? You. All else is metaphor, we have to take responsibility for what we write, either as "The whisperings; of an old fool" or the intimate sharing of a life. I see your work as a generous sharing, not an old fool's whispering, if you really thought it was that you wouldn't post it. You are a fine poet, no room for false modesty here. cheers, Jess

Sinbadthesailorman

18 years 4 months ago

Thanks for your reasurance

I so need it time and time again for was run down alot when I was younger How I wish that the incurgment I needed when I was younger I would have recieve for I would be so much more the better for it and it realy doesn't cost too much to give. I always go out of the way to try to inspire it in my children but, it seem to come off missconscrewed so I've resorted to the smiple phrase You can be any thing you set your mind to but it leaves much to be desired in a young mind And Iam a big teaser when It comes to my kids for the Mother is overly serious twards them I want most of all for them to know life is not all that hard or bad when you take as it comes Day by day for no one can control their future no matter how well or hard they try Thanxs again I think the same of you and most of the others here Fine poet's Donnie/ Sinbad

waterdragon

18 years 4 months ago

Hey Don/Bad! ;-)

Consider this -- The first speech I gave for my Public Speaking class had, as its theme, the following: "I would much rather be a Grandma Moses, with my greatest successes still ahead of me, than an Al Bundy, with all of them already behind me." Sometimes the roughest early years contribute to the sweetest later years. Peace out, yo! Reverend Bec Hudson Shine Your Light It's the ONLY Way to Get Rid of the Darkness!

Sinbadthesailorman

18 years 4 months ago

went to work at Iam at The truck stop 25 C ents a min

yep Iam a little slow but, that don't bother me none and Al Bundy is how I some times feel but even so I still write and so maybe I will continue The poetry . com people have sent me a letter saying I only need twenty more votes to win this years contest with IT Seems to Me so will see what happens Donnie/Sinbad

waterdragon

18 years 4 months ago

You just keep writing,

you have a lot of good things to offer with your poetry! I like your work! You must be tired!!! 1 am, jeez~ I respect that, I couldn't do it! Reverend Bec Hudson Shine Your Light It's the ONLY Way to Get Rid of the Darkness!

themoonman

18 years 4 months ago

Hi sinbad...

I can relate to the feelings expressed in your Words. Thank you for posting...enjoyed reading...