My Mind has Fallen
My mind has fallen
down a well
like a shiny coin
has dropped
I sit in silence
and make a wish
waiting for it
to hit
the bottom
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My mind has fallen
down a well
like a shiny coin
has dropped
I sit in silence
and make a wish
waiting for it
to hit
the bottom
Comments
where is your dog??
Posted by: sandykessler | September 25, 2007 10:33 AM
colleen....the photo compliments this poem so well. what an awesome capture....your reflection in the puddle. deep! (pun intended) :)
Posted by: bluemountainmama | September 25, 2007 11:00 AM
Sandy, The link I provided got cut off. I was showing you a picture of my dog driving a car. Here: http://www.looseleafnotes.com/notes/2005/06/all_that_jazz.html
BMM, I took the photo while on a walk two weekends ago. The only time in a month that it rained. I do love self portraits in shadow and reflection. I think the indirect truth is like visual poetry.
The poem is old, written sometime in the late 80's, but I still sometimes feel that way, even today.
Posted by: colleen | September 25, 2007 11:14 AM
Wonderful poem Colleen, in every way...including the photograph....!
Posted by: OldOldLady Of The Hills | September 25, 2007 1:08 PM
I came here after a visit to a friend battling depression. It is that "waiting for it to hit bottom" that's wearing him out. Beautiful Colleen.
Posted by: Kat Campbell | September 25, 2007 2:32 PM
Great poem and photo, Colleen. I can certainly relate--I feel that way MOST of the time these days! So, in the poem, when you make the wish, what do you wish for? (I would wish for the sharpness of my mind in my youth, but the maturity of my mind now!)
Posted by: Beth | September 25, 2007 2:44 PM
Your poem and the reflection define for me a feeling that visits, but does not stay for very long.
Posted by: Marion | September 25, 2007 3:25 PM
Great imagery!!!
Posted by: Sherry | September 25, 2007 5:57 PM
Oh, so that's what I've been going through. Ha.
Posted by: zhoen | September 25, 2007 7:28 PM
I never quite know what words to choose when telling someone why I like one of their poems. Poetry seems to reach beyond the intellectual to a little "aha, I get it" inside my head....
So I'll just say.. I get it. :)
~S
Posted by: Shephard | September 25, 2007 8:35 PM
Now, that's my kind of poem! I love it.
Posted by: June | September 25, 2007 10:27 PM
Lovely! The photo compliments that poem to perfection.
Posted by: CountryDew | September 26, 2007 8:35 AM
Beautiful words and photo, Colleen!
Posted by: Vesper | September 26, 2007 12:00 PM
Hmm, lately I definitely know this feeling.
Posted by: Terri | September 26, 2007 6:11 PM
Ah, this is great! Guess if it hits bottom, you can be sure your mind is still here as well as your coin!
Posted by: Ruth | September 27, 2007 1:05 PM
Lovely poem and the perfect photo for it.
So...ditto to what everyone else said.
Posted by: wesleyjeanne | September 27, 2007 6:35 PM