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Wood Upon the Water by ~Poetically-Yours:iconPoetically-Yours:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Romantic > Other Romance > Fixed


Wood Upon the Water

Wood upon the water,
What a symbiosis to be,
Fluid, free, but sturdy,
Through insecurity.

To flow amongst the river,
But not diminished as you run,
By plant, pool...person,
Or evaporating sun.

To be free and yet so strong,
To fill an empty heart,
Yet be so cedar strong,
As not to break apart.

To change, yet to remain,
True to who you are inside,
Crystal clear to the eye,
With nothing left to hide.

What a symbiosis we have,
My humble, wooden, friend,
To compliment each other,
Till our very end.
©2006-2009 ~Poetically-Yours
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Author's Comments

I found a great comparison used to describe people in the book "Memoirs to a Geisha." They said that people with free spirits, who are easily pulled from one extreme to the other...easily perturbed I guess you could say, have too much water in their personalities. On the other hand, people who are sturdy, unchanging...could watch "The Notebook" without crying, are the people with too much wood in their personalities.

So what do you do if your one of the two? You find your symbiotic opposite extreme and cancel each other's excess elements out.

This is merely a poem about such a relationship I have with someone.

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~TrueBard Aug 25, 2006, 10:49:22 AM
I love relationships like that. I do not have enough water in my life, and it seems like this tree is dying. I hope that this relationship of yours works out for the best.
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~Poetically-Yours Aug 25, 2006, 11:05:40 AM
I hope you find some water for your poor tree...for I think i would be quite sad to see it die :(...Seeing as I have much too much water in my personality I think I can be of assistance in this matter though :hug:
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~Willow-wisp Aug 25, 2006, 6:39:33 PM
how can you have water in your personality?
well that aside, great work Amy :)
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Mood: Optimism ~Twitch-n-Fidget Aug 28, 2006, 6:00:29 PM
i'm really impressed you saw that small comparison between the two movies. and especially wrote a poem about it. that in itself is very impressive. ;)

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"My life is not my own to live. My existence is credit to those who carried me. I live for the sake of everyone else." -Sharon Mitchell
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~PerchanceADreamer Aug 28, 2006, 6:48:35 PM
not only do you cancel each other out if you are opposites, you complete each other...nice metaphor i liked the book you were inspired by as well.=)

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"the problem with resisting temptation is that you might not get another chance."-edwin chapin
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98% of the teenage population does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this in your signature
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~Poetically-Yours Aug 31, 2006, 4:01:04 AM
Memoirs of a Geisha is a really great book, such simple writing yet such strong meaning.
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~Poetically-Yours Aug 31, 2006, 4:04:48 AM
Actually it's one movie who talked about certain elemental forms being present in people....mostly wood and water.
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~Ambriel23 Sep 6, 2006, 5:43:27 PM
Yea, I would say that my personality is wood to the extreme. Lucky for me that my wife is of water. Great poem.

--
'Ye must know, the closer ye are to the light, the greater ye shadow grows. But without ye, the shadow would not exist.'
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~exoticflame Sep 7, 2006, 1:46:40 AM
this is lovely, it creates really nice images in my head.
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