Return of sight

I am She,

The Gull.

Flyer of a repetitive trance.

When she words the promise voice

Landings crumble a barren dance.

Shell the pearls securely.

The recognition of the design lacks.

Black has become of laced,

Sea Mirrors.

Speak loudly oyster.

Wide eyes right,

in time.

I am so glad to see you back! We've missed your wonderful work. You really have some great talent. I always have to read your work more than once, and each time I get something new from it. Just as I did with this one. I'm planning on revisiting it several more times.

"Speak loudly oyster."
suggests a pearl in it's shell.

"Flyer of a repetitive trance."
suggests being locked in a pattern of futility.

"I am She,
The Gull" not...sea gull.

Double meaning here "gull": simpleton, foolish one, ninny, nincompoop, easily deceived.

"The recognition of the design lacks"

God is not present in this object of observation and discernment.
Pearls of wisdom falling upon deaf ears or futile due to duality (double-mindedness).
Or perhaps even inability to discern on the part of the observer (confusing).

"Black has become of laced,
Sea Mirrors."

Suggests a snare of a dark net of mirrors,
from evil entrapped to evil entrapping, misleading, beguiling.

"Speak loudly oyster.
Wide eyes right,
in time."

Regaining sight? In God's time according to his plan...his will?
Eyes opened wide in His time in his way?
Vision under correction? restoration process? But still in a shell...cocoon?

How did I do?

A most cryptic piece and one certainly to read over and over, a true work of art that requires the reader to ask many questions.
Like artwork viewed through the eyes of many but with different meanings to each viewer, subjective and open to interpretation but the one only clear meaning lay in the heart of the artist challenging the reader to decode or simply accept that we are all deeply complicated some more than others.

Well thought out, perhaps this is your forte' not to post frequently but thoughtfully with depth.
Very thought provoking, well done!!

Jesus spoke in parables, taught in parables, not everyone could discern but only those who were given "eyes" to see and "ears" to hear...love it!!!

For some reason this verse from Matthew immediately came to mind and it manifested as if it were on an undulating sheet of cellophane, a translucent vision and I was reading this poem through it the whole time:

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you, MATTHEW 7:6.

God Bless.

Oneagleswings: Very beautiful anaylisis, and perfectly direct in the direction in which your soul desires, and almost identical to my own. I am smiling. I am pleased to know that I'm getting the exact reaction that I want.

Lora: Thank you so much. This site really keeps my confidence going.

"anaylisis?"
I tell you what it pays to keep a thesaurus handy when you post!
What is your major may I ask besides profound complexity?
The way you write, the gifts you have well...if you suffer from any insecurities, your writing is not one of them. Lovely expression, mystifying and deep.
It is an honor to read you.

"I want my work to be a puzzle."

"I want every child and adult to put each peice together and find it`s meaning"-the inimitable Crystalleek


God Bless.

Well I am taking general education courses right now, and believe it or not I have failed comp II 3 times, my teachers see no talent in my writing. It is very discouraging. I suppose I am not meant for essays.

If you feel comfortable enough to post them here, I would love to assist you with your essays. I was an English major in College.

I had to take 3 remedial english courses last year in high school, barely graduated h.s.
You have a gift for poetry but that's just my uneducated opinion for whatever it's worth.

God Bless.

Better yet, you can send them to me via email: lora@christiancreativewriters.com

All I can say is WOW. Glad your back. I always like your writing. Gives me something to chew on for a while.

Joining in with everyone saying please don't go away again.


Love the way your work is like a puzzle for us to study and figure out.

This poem was posted 3 days ago and already has received over 100 hundred views, tells you something right there doesn't it!

Keep Writin' kiddo'!

God Bless.

Thank you all. I am going to try and enter the "Discovery" Boston Review contest.

Good luck! I'm rootin' for ya!

Thank you so much

What do teachers know of writing. It's doers and livers that have something to say. Your writing is complexedly ( yes I made this word up ) simple. Keep on writing, God speaks for Himself thru you.

"Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?"
Job 12:11

The deficiency does not lay in your writing but on the discernment of the reader.

It just might be a bit over their heads...it's definitely over mine...but I love it exactly for that reason!

Wow I haven't been on here in a bit. Yes I decided that being a his writer means that no one will ever understand the work itself, but instead whatever the work is meant to evoke inside of that reader.