Day 31- Dear Dream

Dear Dream,
When I woke, you weren't beside.
Dear Dream,
I think I sensed a goodbye.

Lightning flickering,
I remember my days with your heart.
In my commonsense wisdom,
it's strange, our time apart.

I'm under no illusions;
you were a rare find.
A way that lessened my ache,
making my sorrows seem worthwhile.

When I can no longer write,
I hope you will be okay.
I wish you hadn't left,
though I know why it's that way.

Dear Dream,
When I woke, I cried.
Dear Dream,
I think I sensed a goodbye.


Source: Paul's letters to Adrienne, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 30- Kaleidoscope

Source: Chapter 16, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 29- Afloat

A reverse erasure

Source: Chapter 14, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 28- Big Bang

A reverse erasure :)
Source: Chapter 13, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 27- What Love Was

The world dissolving into something
distant wasn't love.
The dream outside
the sky wasn't love.
The rush of intuitive
feeling wasn't love.

The product of a few
words wasn't love.
The inability to keep a feud
going wasn't love.

Waiting for a
response wasn't love.

The will to repair
the rift wasn't love.
"I'm sorry" wasn't love.
Comfort, half in the shadow of
storm, wasn't love.

A promise to make it
through wasn't love.
A dance of give and
take wasn't love.
Making
love wasn't love.

To know what to do 

was almost meaningless.

It was a combination
of a thousand things,
but it wasn't love. 

Source: Chapter 12, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

 

Day 26- Roll the Dice

When hoping for

a lucky roll of the dice,

get things ready.

Consider possibilities

both close and far away.

Connect sea to sky.

Feel the pull

of the swirling wind, far

from anything that could be.

Collide with awkwardness

two and a half feet wide

and six feet high.

Soft pedal what happened,

mentally outlining repairs.

Label intensity.

Plan on falling in love.

Hold back

the ravages of time.

In the aftermath of purpose,

become a whisper.


Source: Chapter 11-12, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 25- Betrayal

It had been long, chasing

sleep, greeting

cars parked haphazardly, living

near people coated

with a thin layer of salt.

It had been long, seeking

redress, seeing

through different

eyes, slowly losing

words and strength and want.

It had been a long

battle with time, folding

and unfolding it

and now there was a scar,

fresh like a newborn

and that wasn't right. 


Source: Chapter 11, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 24- Anticipation

Source: Chapter 11, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 23- Apology

I was looking for…

I don’t know… the truth?

I wanted to see if I could fix it somehow.

[Like it was just a mistake.]

I wasn’t sure.

Time here had been dreamlike-

a piece of happiness missing

for far too long.

Standing close,

wanting nothing more,

I forgot to come back.

Spontaneity didn’t allow for stability.

It’s easier to blame someone.

But, I’m not going to.

I know it wasn’t easy to have turned away.

You’ve done enough already.

You can be proud of that.

Source: Chapter 10, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 22- Become Wind

Source: Chapter 10, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 21- Negotiations

“Are you going to talk?”

“I think I can manage that.”

“Don’t mind if I join you again?”

“You don’t have to do this.”

“I’d be happy to help.”

“It is impossible.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know whether to be happy or not.”

“I guess everyone’s wondering.”

“And you’ve no idea.”

“No matter what happens, I think you’re doing the right thing.”

“It’s my one good story.”

Source: Chapter 9, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas sparks

Day 20- After the War, the Refugee

To keep strangers at bay,

most of the homes were shacks.

He felt a stab of disappointment.

Evidence of harshness raced along-

concrete blocks, stacked bricks-

a sort of stalemate

everywhere he looked.

A moment later, he could see

drops on the windshields of cars.

Somewhere in between

the rain of a thousand storms,

A lone strand of Christmas lights had been

turned on, as if,

welcoming him home.

[ A place where it mattered

when he awoke.]

Source: Chapter 9, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 19- Roads

Source: Chapter 9, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 18- Patience

Source: Chapter 8, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 17- Revenge

Source: Chapter 8, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 16- Oblivion

Source: Chapter 8, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 15- Before You Fall Apart

Source: Chapter 8, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 14- How to Make a Poem

Source: Chapter 7, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 13- Discretion

Source: Chapter 7, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 12- Conversation

Source: Chapter 6, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 11- Relativity

Source: Chapter 6, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 10- Gratitude

Source: Chapter 6, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 9- Old friends

Source: Chapter 5, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 8- Intoxication

She was happy to swim

Undressed

through hours of piano recitals,

looking for

imagined company…

Long enough to fall asleep again.

Source: Chapter 5, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 7- Album

Memories,

the colour of coffee,

brought back a respite of sorts.

The years displayed

above the fireplace

had had trouble doing okay.

Source: Chapter 5, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 7- Threshold

A mistake,

the colour of iron,

rougher than the weather

stretching to the horizon,

brought back

the possibility

of losing

warm memories.

Source: Chapter 5, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 6- Journeys

The sky was a 

rear-view mirror. 

Past thirty miles of

cotton fields,

life became a blur.

Questions asked for

a vague sense of completion.

Eyes seemed to recall

surprise instead of tears.

Running towards something

replaced

running away from everything.

He couldn’t quite explain

how he had grown up.

There was no reason

to ask for directions.

Source: Chapter 3, Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 5- The Rescue

Source- Chapter 1, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day4- Moving On

Source- Chapter 1, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 3- Misgivings

Source- Chapter 1, Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparks

Day 2- Before and After

Source- Chapter 1,

Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

Day 1- Time

Source- Chapter 1, Nights in Rodanthe
 by Nicholas Sparks

Curtained windows, 

each passing day,

back in time

to what it had once been.

Hi, there! :)

I am Garima Behal, a graduate in Commerce from SRCC, Delhi University, India and this is my attempt at living in the present moment, Zen style, by creating a new piece of poetry each day :)

I shall be referring to Nicholas Spark's novel, Nights in Rodanthe, for the ELJ 31/31 Challenge- Found Poetry Track.

You will find found poems, erasures and blackout poetry here! :)

I hope you enjoy reading my work as much as I enjoy creating it <3 Thank you for stopping by! :)