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If Something Is Amiss Tomorrow, Find Me Here #poetry

My year’s highlight and most significant achievement was my first time participating in National Poetry Writing Month in April. What a fantastic creative outlet that was. God willing, I intend to do it again next year.
And so to recap, and to express my gratitude to this art form I never knew was missing from my ordinary life, I wish to end the year by reposting a couple of my fave poems every Wednesday from now until the end of this blogging year. I hope you enjoy them. 

If you should wake up tomorrow
and find something amiss
like a break on a promise to hang out, 
or, God forbid, your calls I diss

don't cuss, find fault with God, or mither— 
the onus is on none 
if ever you awake tomorrow 
and find out that my life here is done

we have so much we have not said, it seemed
so much to take on yet 
but up till the present moment, 
we did things I'll never regret 

look not for me at the mall parking lot 
not in the parks we played hard
not on the bench under our tree
not in our friends' back yard

but if tomorrow starts without me
and there is nothing more to do but let go,
know that I've carried you with me
and you can always find me in your heart.

***

© 2021 selmamartin.com

The Prompt on Day 4 of NaPoWriMo:

I love all the prompts so far. Do look this one over in its entirety if you have time. There’s a lot going on here. Thanks to the admin for the dedication.

Poetry often takes us to strange places – to feelings and actions that are
hard to express except through the medium of a poem. To the "liminal," in
other words – a place or sensation that exists at or on both sides of a
boundary or threshold, neither one thing nor the other, but something betwixt
and between.
In honor of the always-becoming nature of poetry, I challenge you today to
select a photograph from the perpetually disconcerting @SpaceLiminalBot, and
write a poem inspired by one of these odd, in-transition spaces.
No matter what neglected or eerie space you choose, I hope its oddness tugs
at the place in your mind and heart where poems are made.

The photograph I chose — the empty sidewalk and empty lot — tugged at my heartstrings and put me in a contemplative mood. Thanks so much for taking me there with this prompt.

And to all my readers, thanks for reading and commenting. I wish you stress-free last days in the lovely month of November, full of gratitude and giving, and as always, I wish you miracles.

Photograph on Twitter: @SpaceLiminalBot

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    1. Selma Martin

      Thanks dearly for stopping by, Wayne. Glad it did something to you. 😉 Be well. I wish you miracles.

  1. annemariedemyen

    Beautiful, Selma. Both the photo and the poem are heart touching. 💞

  2. Annika Perry

    Selma, wonderful poetry and it is fantastic that you had such a hugely positive experience in April. You are a natural poet and truly capture that ‘liminal’ element of the craft!

    1. Selma Martin

      Annika. What wonderful words you gift me. Thanks for the encouragement.
      Yes. I totally enjoyed my time there. And as far as I’m concerned, my soul saw it as a positive endeavor.
      Glad I did that. Yay. Have you?
      Be well, happy thanksgiving.

      1. Annika Perry

        I hadn’t even seen anything about it and must admit I’d have been slightly daunted but up to the challenge! Great you found it a positive endeavour.

        Thank you for your lovely wishes; no thanksgiving here in the U.K. but I’m looking forward to First Advent on Sunday!

        1. Selma Martin

          Yup, Advent practically has a foot on the stairs already. Lovely time of the year for me. I cannot help but marvel at my childhood.
          Be well, dear Annika. Happy holidays.

  3. rajkkhoja

    Amazing photo. Good photography. So amazing words written in poetry and it is lovely that you had such hugely possitive. I like.

    1. Selma Martin

      Thanks, Raj. Your support makes me better. 👏 be well. Happy holidays.

  4. rothpoetry

    I really like the heartfelt feelings expressed in your poem. Some people stay in our hearts forever in spite of separation!

    1. Selma Martin

      So true. Thanks for reading. Hope you had a happy thanksgiving…

  5. rothpoetry

    I just found your blog page! i kept looking on your opening page and seeing the say one each time and did not know where to go to find your blog list! Then I clicked on the read more and found it. :>)

    1. Selma Martin

      Oh my heart. Sorry it took you on a detour. But glad you landed well. Thanks so much. I appreciate you. I’ll check to see how I can make it easier.
      Thanks for this feedback. 😉

      1. rothpoetry

        If your blog option was on the opening page, I think it would help,

  6. Jane Aguiar

    Congratulations, Selma for participating in National Poetry Writing. Your poems are heart touching and positive perspective💞

    1. Selma Martin

      Si glad you enjoy them. NaPoWriMo was inspirational. 👏

      1. Jane Aguiar

        Yeah! I think you mentioned about this sight a few days back ☺️

  7. SamSahana

    “But if tomorrow starts without me
    and there is nothing more to do but let go,
    know that I’ve carried you with me
    and you can always find me in your heart.” My, my, how beautifully poignant! Such a lovely little stanza. Your works are so uplifting and make me sense real inner peace. Another gorgeous poem!!💝💝

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