Harvest

by Maple Tree   Dec 19, 2012


Slumbering in a

shadow

of forgotten pastures,

I see the arms

of empty promises,

reaching out to grasp

the weeping willows that

dangle from ear to ear

braided like buds of ripe

wheat, spinning me faster,

and faster, until the crops

of my soul are withered

and gone.

A farmer of forget-me-not

and I'll never leave you,

stands in silence as he

craves to smell the old

days of harvest, wishing

he had never sold his

land, heart and soul

to the devil himself....

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  • 11 years ago

    by Chelsey

    Duuudeeeee..what..is ...thisss! LOL
    OMG..I seriously adore this write...I like how I read it once, and I get the literal version of this poem and think and picture the farm land and the sad farmer, then when you read it a second time, you get a seriously different version and you can analyze what this metaphor is portraying....How do you do it? Write for years and still come up with new metaphors..gah! I loved this..faves!

  • 11 years ago

    by Hellon

    I've been reading this on and off since you posted it wondering if there is a deeper meaning to it and...although I think there is...I haven't quite grasped what it is...(I'll keep trying though haha)

    My first thought took me along the path that this was two separate parts of a life...maybe yours maybe not...the first part was when you had hope but..very quickly it was taken away for some reason. The second part I'm not sure about..

    A farmer of forget-me-not
    ^^^
    this line is the real one that has me pondering...is it a metaphor?...it's such an intriguing line for me.

    There's more to this poem than I can fathom Andrea and...I do love this type of poetry as you know....I'll come back to this one I'm sure :)

  • 11 years ago

    by Wild flower

    This reminds me of a poem you wrote before, butIcan't remember which one. There's a feeling it holds that hits my heart.
    Really awesome job. Perfectly written:)

    • 11 years ago

      by Maple Tree

      You might be referring to the windmill poem? yes, this is like part #2 from that poem... <3 thank you flower <3

  • 11 years ago

    by Wild flower

    This reminds me of a poem you wrote before, butIcan't remember which one. There's a feeling it holds that hits my heart.
    Really awesome job. Perfectly written:)

  • 11 years ago

    by Tara Kay

    OMG Andrea, this was beautiful, I just said that your pieces had been a little on the sad side of late and then I saw this and I smiled, there was that little glimmer of darkness but the beaut and the imagery just overshadowed that and I really saw this older guy, in the field, between the wheat, resting on a tractor, looking to the sky and asking for a break, asking to be forgiven, asking to be changed, and it was really moving.

    I am in total awe and total shock of the way this made me feel, it was just beautifully penned.

    The whole thing was just jaw dropping perfect!

    mwah
    xxxx

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