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Calm before the storm, Enjoying the view, Friday Flash 55, G-Man, Horizon, Hurricane, Inspiration, Irene, Moving with the ripples, Musing, Pondering, Starbucks, Steady waters, Storm, Tea by the Hudson, Vista, Waiting for the storm
Image credits: Mr.Rat @ DeviantArt
By the pier
I watch the ripples move me
I hear them laugh
– at my naïveté –
I scoop the teacup in my hands
I smell its vapors rise
– towards my judgement –
I witness the boats sway
I listen to them complain
– about my obliviousness –
I devour the vista
while it frets
– over a faraway storm –
**Posted for G-Man’s fantastic Friday Flash 55… Mr. G, sorry about not posting a 55 in weeks! My inspiration barometer has been showing an all time low for a while now.. 😦 But today, I was just thinking about you, and then I see your comment on my previous post, and what with the storm and all, I simply HAD TO put up a 55er!! Love you tons, my friend!!! **
How I write, is mine...How you read, is yours 
Oh my my!
I sincerely wish n pray that it passes by being no more than a lost direction of wind..
The word play made me stand there watching over the horizon for the 1st sign of break. The image- woah!! Wonder, did they do that image only for ya?
Many hugs xoxox
Take care.. tell the storm it better behave or else I would set it right.. wink!!
Aaahh.. I too wish that it passes without too much damage…
But really, yesterday, I actually sat by the pier, with a sandwich n tea in hand… and it was drizzling… and I managed to find the ONLY umbrella-ed table/chairs outside Starbucks… so there was no one else outside.. JUST ME! And the feeling was amazing… watching it drizzle… seeing those ripples.. it made me think if I was the one moving, not them… it was quite a moment ya know!! Surreal! With no trace of any impending storm…
SIGH indeed!!
Like when I read how it was then, I feel that strange pleasure filling me up while knowing it all too well that it may be highly deceiving!!
I so wish to be there someday n soon, sitting by Starbucks myself n watching the clouds getting together for a wild party.. did I say that?
well, lull before the storm or brewing..
I so wish to open my arms in front of one to hit me!
Lovies xoxo
Aww.. waiting for you, girl.. then we can hit the cafes together! What say!? 🙂
you bet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AMEN to that… 😀
Yesssssssssssssssss!!! :)))
Excited already!! hehehhe
Gorgeous write, Kavita!
*sigh* Thanks, Mama Z… am a bit scared now though… brrr..
that’s lovely 55.
blessings.
Kavita Dear
You are so sweet doing this 55
I was just thinking that I hoped that you were not in harms way!
You are a class act…
Thanks for playing today, we missed you, Have a Kick Ass Week-End
hopefully that storm will not be hitting us too bad…never underestimate nature…it is no fool itself…
another beautiful write… it’s such a delight to read your work after a long time 🙂
“I hear them laugh/at my naivete…” Wow, there’s something about waiting for the storm that’s almost worse than actually living through it. Was in the middle of Hurricane Emily in Bermuda – helped local friends pick up tar globs off the beaches the next day. Be safe, dear Kavita, and we who are in the Midwest pray for everyone on the East Coast, both for the recent earthquakes and for the soon-to-visit (but hopefully not for long) Irene.
Love and peace, Amy
Don’t you worry, sweetie… the storm didn’t show her fury here in NYC.. so we are all safe and fine…
Hugs to you from a bright and beautiful New York!!
xoxooxoxoxox
oh this is awesome … very well done!
Wowwiieess… thankooz, Baishali dear… glad you enjoyed this one…
I love your 55 kavita..
Someone is Special
thank you so much, my dear talented SiS..
This reminded me of morning by the sea and my thoughts about what tomorrow might bring…a lovely poem.
Thanks, Charles… the other day, I was actually sitting by the water, sipping my tea, looking out into the openness of it all… and trust me, it was wonderful!
wowo I can imagine what a site it would be to sit at a place like that … IN A GOOD WAY .. watching the boats and water …
it really IS, Bikram… just outside our house, we do have a place like this… where we usually find ourselves sipping tea and musing away to glory… in a very good way too.. 🙂
And we think we are the only ones doing the perceiving and the assessing and the judging. Hope they were kind in evaluating you, the waves and the shore and the rising vapours of your morning cuppa.