Hi, this time I post two Days’ poems in one post, not just because I penned them late, but also because they somehow belong together. For the Day 14, I drew inspiration from one of my favourite Van Gogh’s pictures – Starry Night. The next prompt took me to ‘the middle’. I hope you will enjoy both!
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Starry Night
Anyone’s dreams – roam
among the stars
as we see them –
twinkling
at night.
Above lakes and territories
where turmoil and peace
take turns.
Over tragedies and petty worries
replacing the happy love
which burns.
High, clear, lucid, detached
from all that brings woe
to our hearts.
Yet also detached from all
that gives us reasons to go on
treading the soil
of mundaneness below.
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So, get in the middle
That’s always the best.
Extremes bring too much of everything
When you’re between, you’re at rest.
Maybe they won’t see you
Perhaps they won’t respect
Whatever you stand for
and what you expect.
When you rest – it that for the best?
©2024, soulmary