An Amber Moment

This poem actually has meaning to it. It is not one of a type of poem I will introduce you to later, my word-salad nonsense poems where you feel like you can almost understand them, but something was lost in translation. I have several of those I am very fond of, but this is not one of them. This actually describes a moment I lived through the other day and the resolution, which came over a much longer period of time than suggested by the poem. Truth be told it is vague, because I like to create pictures and play with words. Sometimes I think I am simply obfuscating for obfuscation's sake. Frankly it is fun to do. I also fell in love when I was younger with a technique the bards used, particularly in Beowulf. Instead of the ocean they would say whale-road. there were other examples, but that one stuck in my mind (I think they were called koans, or something like that). I often like to put this kind of descriptive word pattern in a poem to replace a much more mundane word. In the end, the meaning you take from this poem, or any of my poems for that matter, may be much removed from what I was thinking. That is good. What I like to do is describe with ferocious intensity a moment or thought or feeling. Then I let you apply that to your own moments or thoughts or feelings. The vagueness makes up for the difference between our individual experiences. You may not have been where I have been, but you have felt what I have felt. I like to leave them open to interpretation. If anyone were to ever read this little blog, and so far I see no evidence that anyone has, and were to request an interpretation, I would be happy to oblige. For me, though, these poems are a bit of sleight of hand/illusion, if you will. Telling is like...telling. Once you know how it is done it isn't as exciting. So if you ask, I am too much of a compulsive "self-exposer" to refrain from sharing the thoughts behind them to you, but don't say I didn't warn you. The sparkle is oftentimes best preserved with a handful of pixie-dust and a visit from the Blue Fairy.