Silent Salutations (An Original Poem)

in #poetry5 years ago (edited)

Our days are filled
with silent salutations
as our nights wander
on to tomorrow's shore.

Dreams lap at
the edge of desperation
as hope promises
an ever-open door.

Dragonwell fills
my yi-xing pot
as aromatic steam
curls in lofty streams
making me, for a moment,
forget the grey
no insinuations, pretense,
nor enigmatic dreams.

The landscape is awash
with black and white
on a breeze floats a
harbinger of days ahead
hinting...

of how mistakes
can wither and drop
dead from their vines
to nurture the wise
and give such sweet
reprise to those
who still believe.

Eric Vance Walton

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Beautiful poem, my friend, and when we are wrong, we gain experience that will lead us to the top! Thank you Eric

Hi @ericvancewalton, I'm not a elegant poet. But I can feel better meaningful poems. Inside your poem included more meaning. I know you wrote it through mind imagination. It was incredible skill. If we want to make more meaningful poem definitely want to go for a dream. Absolutely brilliant selection. Keep going.

That was so peaceful enjoyed the poem beautifully written :)

Beautiful poem . First two stanzas are in very nice wording .

Like your poem . First part of the poem is good piece of imagination .

Nice poem dear . I'm always like to read your poem.

Our days are filled
with silent salutations
as our nights wander
on to tomorrow's shore

Beautiful verse, I love the 3rd person point of view used in the poem, the imagery is dazzling and beautiful really and I can't help imagining the detail of events associated with things like the landscape. Beautiful theme here.

Beautiful and heartfelt poem, @ericvancewalton. I keep the first and last stanzas. Memories invade our air daily and return as aromas. There in front of us is a present that awaits us, as we look back at that tree of errors that grows, that makes us wiser and more human. Our days pass and we praise what we were, are and will be. No matter how tall the tree may be, it could never deny its roots. Nice day for you.

@ericvancewalton, Sometimes it reflects as everything is connected and everything is moving towards good essence. And i really like the Title too, it reflects as while using the silent salutations in the form of Thoughts we are trying to connect with every aspect and trying to joint the one story aspect with other. Life is beautiful if we can live up the Silent Salutations because then we can understand what is happiness, where it is, and how we can achieve it. Keep writing these in depth words.

Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂

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