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An Ocean For A Part

betwixt geologists

who oracled a world

split

they stood on

fractures by the sea

 

and if the waves

stopped rolling in

would we redraw

entire maps

 

to suit the ending

of the world

for our new

geography

 

and when they looked up

for the last

time did they see

a moon full bright or

crescent

 

those two souls

who knew her

perilous

end

 

sideside on the coast

all their hope

for earths last

bright night

 

together

caught in the

cut of

a

new understanding

 

as each swung back

on different

fissures

 

where one will

always

see a sun

the other

dream a moon

— Ladderwords, Jan 28, 2010

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Ladderwords

16 years 3 months ago

Thank You for Kind Words

You have understood the poem's subject, but your comment has made it clear to me that I did not present the subjects correctly. It is a poem of two people parting, both of which have/ had different perspectives about said parting, but will undoubtedly share a loneliness in their conclusion. They will see the world from different views. I am leaving to teach in South Korea in four days and this poem was written after I had a discussion with the girl I was dating about our finite time together. Hence "sideside" is us standing "side by side" It was my hope that removing "by" and the relevant spaces would illustrate a closeness being felt in the final weeks together. The title is a play on words. An ocean will be separating us. The original title I had come up with was, "An Ocean Far Apart" , but then I realized that the ocean plays a part in the saga. I felt I could explain the ocean's role and still expound upon its significance as a driving force, by naming is as a part. Hence, "The Ocean For A Part" because if you read it quickly you may read, "An Ocean Far Apart"