Loneliness On The Wall

by Baby Rainbow   Nov 9, 2014


Guiding my boat through calm waters
in the peaceful hours of the night,
loneliness reflects in the ripples
as I see myself looking back.

Darkness sets in so fast on these winter nights,
time almost comes to a halt.
All I can hear are voices of strangers
who are always gazing my way -
yet they never say hello, nor join me
in my boat which has become my recent home.

Loneliness sneaks out of my eyes,
flooding my boat. And I wonder if
people passing by will admire my
painting just as much, without the
lonely man inside the lonely boat.

Club challenge to write a poem from the point of view
of a painting -

http://gobeldygook.deviantart.com/art/Reflections-of-a-lonely-nature-157319257

Saffie
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6/11/14

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  • 10 years ago

    by Beautiful Soul

    First: Beautiful simple imagery here captures the readers attention, it seems you are rowing a boat in the night. Oh, using peaceful night tells a lot of the surrounding area. The waters and sky are calm and maybe there is stars. But the loneliness sets in the ripples of the water and that is when you realize that this world is difficult when you are alone, so you look back and see nothing but everything.

    Second: The boat is a metaphor for your home or even friend, it seems like inside your head you hear voices of the past, but they don't want to meet you or say hello anymore. The winter nights is also a great metaphor for the cold feelings you have or it could be just that: a winters night where it is cold and lonely, but the lake is not frozen so it must be the first.

    Third: Oh wow this ending is great, and you show the point of view of the painting and the way it feels lonely. You seem to turn the painting into a person that just wants to be feel loved. Anyways you did a great job with this one 5/5

  • 10 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    Interesting! To write a poem from the view point of a painting. So here is a question who longs/yearns to be appreciated/seen. The painter, the objects in the picture or the picture itself!

    I really like this!