Thursday, March 25, 2010

black umbrella 



a black umbrella 
shields my head 
and smugly I ignore
                         water soaked feet

holding me cold
on the road to 
living 
free. 


Poem © 2006 by R. Burnett Baker 
Photo of Aleksandra Mir's "Big Umbrella"  from Neatorama.com

4 comments:

  1. At what price freedom -- worth the walk...

    Love the visual image of the very large black umbrella it makes a strong statement. Most of what we suffer is self imposed for in reality very few things belong to us. and others can keep us in bondage by adding to and indulging us...
    wonderfully written...

    Joanny

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  2. All I can say is
    I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!

    ah..what a poet sees!

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  3. Joanny... at some point we should just toss the brolly and walk in the rain without care! Easier said than done, though.

    Suz... Thank you again!

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  4. Love that comment -- toss the brolly -- and yes let's sing in the rain ---

    Joanny

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