Find -     that command when the blank page is in want of words or lines 
           when someone is missing yet there's no location, missing you.
           Discover that love always was, and is, the Holy Grail

me -       somewhat personal so let's just call it a pronoun
           degrees of separation between us, yet we both call ourselves this.
           It's the way to solipsism on triple repeat

a -        profound singularity, like I, 1 and One 
           as in the beginning the letter was alpha.
           It's the determinant of infinite outcomes

space -   liberty to twirl or freeze motion in boundlessness
          somewhere astrophysicists freefall.
          It's the negative as definitive isolate

here -    deep down root to gravity.
          The proximity of closeness
          on the spot or pedestal I put you on

tucked -  a swaddled child, a nestling under wings.
          Eyes down for a full plate of appreciation
          or the way you slip words neatly into poetry
         
into -    entrance by permission or not, all depends on legalities.
          And slang for how much you interest me
          away from those outer limits of ourselves

silence - because words and even music sometimes fail to feel.
          Out of respect for your wishes
          deafening in its majesty

21 thoughts on “Defining moments”

1. Fantastic defining moments, Laura. I love the acrostic format and the tripleted definitions are wonderful I especially like:

   ‘here – deep down root to gravity
               proximity of closeness
               on the spot or pedestal I put you on’.

   1. thank you Kim – this form and style seemed to choose itself for Sarah’s lines – thank you for hosting the prompt and bringing her back into dVerse this time around

      1. You’re most welcome, Laura.

2. Well I’m not much qualified to comment or even understand certain forms of writing. I’m not that kind of smart or temperament. But there are multiple lines within where I do nest and appreciate.

   ” the way you slipped words neatly into poetry,” and “deafening in its majesty.” Deafening, what a wonderful word to use with poems.

   1. thank you Neil for your understandings and appreciation. Deafening rather like the sound of one symbol crashing!

3. I really like the kind of acrostic you have written (with tripleted definitions). The different definitions add to the meaning of the poem on the whole.
   I learn something new everytime…

   1. thank you – it was new to me too, coming as a moment of inspiration

      1. You are welcome. May we keep having such moments of inspiration.

         1. I’ll second that!!

4. I love the way you have made poetry out of definitions, Laura, sparked off by the acrostic – the way you slipped words neatly into poetry. I recently bought the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows which I imagine you would love too – though not poetry, it is poetic in its contemplative definitions of emotional states for which there exists, heretofore, no words…

   1. many thanks for your appreciation of this defined acrostic! – the book you mention I shall follow up

5. I really like what you did with Sarah’s lines. Very creative!

   1. thank you Dwight – a novel approach that took me by surprise

6. I so love the creative format, like an acrostic. I specially love the tucked and silence verses.

   1. many thanks Grace – its a little strange but I enjoyed writing it and think I’ll try this style out again. Sarah’s words were a bonus

7. This is very creative, Laura. I enjoyed your poem. 🙂

   1. thank you because I enjoyed writing it 🙂

8. A fascinating response to Sarah’s words. I found your writing about silence especially moving.

   1. many thanks Suzanne – especially given the request that Sarah and her family have made

9. I love the angular structure of this poem that inserts its way into our thoughts, dropping profundities abd love-notes along the way. Beautifully wrought, Laura.

   1. beautifully seen and commented Dora ❤

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