Mångata is a Swedish word for the glimmering, road-like reflection that the moon creates on water.
Its midnight
At last they are asleep
Our first day on holiday,
The summer heat has exhausted us all.
Children sleep resting for tomorrow
When new adventures will call to them.
My wife sleeping after the longest of days.
I sit and watch the Pacific
Stretch away
Across the horizon.
Under a full moon
The ocean glimmers
An unfamiliar glow to me,
The waves as if in slow motion
Rise and fall under its shimmering.
My mind conjures images
A moonlit road
Leading to ports exotic.
I smile seeing a more obvious illusion.
Once in times past
When lost, alone, disorientated
I found a woman who had also strayed.
The tussle of life, leaving us both floundering
Two aimless souls caught up in survival
Both lugging our own pathetic baggage
Believing it was what identified us.
Our meeting an opening of eyes.
We parted our own versions of mire
Saw a path, a journey of fulfilment.
Our chemistry unique
Neither believed this was possible
Every day a blessing
After ten years
Three children
Hard work
We have a home
A life.
It is true I now believe
To follow your heart
Trust in your love.
A gentle breeze caresses my cheek
I am thankful to the universe
It found a way to bring us to this point.
Like the moonlit road
We will journey onwards
I pray I reach the end
With my final breath.
Written for: http://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2015/01/04/mangata-writing-prompt-88-january-4-2015/
Morpethroad 
Oh, I love the way you did this, Michael — and I especially like these lines: “Both lugging our own pathetic baggage / Believing it was what identified us.’ — could relate to this very much.
Let me check with Georgia about the Linky – sorry about that! o.O
Thanks Jen sad isn’t how we so often allow our baggage to dictate how we see life.
Thanks for fixing linky.
Glad to help 🙂
Yes … but after a while you sort of feel naked without that baggage, don’t you? Takes some courage to unchain that baggage and send it on its way. o.O
So long as we hang on to it then yes, but as I well know it’s not easy to dump it. Living with it and accepting it then forgiving yourself is a positive step I think.
Especially the forgiving 🙂
Linky is up — Sorry again!
Roads cross, wheels within wheels, until paths where two unlikely souls join as one. Versatile popett aren’t you.
Like you wouldn’t believe…lol. Thanks Jenny lovely to see you drop by.
No probs mate 😉
Such fantastic imagery – painted with a pen (keystroke?) so finely hued – it leaves me smiling inwardly at such depth and feeling. The flow of this piece is wonderful – it resonates well with reflections from the present – to the past – and how it is possible to create – without even knowing or understanding the odds. Great job Michael 😀
Thanks so much Pat, lovely to see you in 2015, best wishes for the coming year.
And the very same to you Michael 😀
It is a beautiful thing for two souls perhaps adrift to find a love to anchor them. This was a lovely work!
http://encyclopedianetherworld.blogspot.com/2015/01/mangata-maritime-portal-to-netherworld.html
Sorry I didn’t reply earlier but I just found your comment in my spam. Hopefully Cie it wont happen again. Thank you for that lovely comment.
Fabulous Michael and Jen’s quote from your work was also one of my favorite lines
Thank you Yves, it was an excellent prompt to write to.
Beautiful. A wordsmith at his best, painting emotions, life stories, past, present, and future.
Thank you phylor you are very kind.
I like the shape of your poem. It is the reflection of the moon in water disturbed by wind (or human hand or foot or bird or leaping fish or … ) The shape says as much if not more than your words, that much of what we ‘see’ can be illusion and finding that which is not, is the true road. It says more than that, too. 🙂
Thank you so much Ann, I appreciate you dropping by.
Beautifully written – such a wonderful vision, a wonderful reflection Michael … and sorry about the Linky 😦 but I’m so glad you got hold of Jen 🙂
Thanks Georgia, It was an excellent prompt to write to.
I do so agree! Yves has some really great ideas.
I relate to the words; ‘Both lugging our own pathetic baggage. Believing it was what identified us.’
I am aware of this, and despite my best efforts, I have no doubt it interferes with how I interact in my relationships.
Thankfully (for him), some lucky fella is avoiding my baggage cause I haven’t found him yet. lol
Great words that provide comfort, Thanks Michael.
ML
Hello Lou, happy new year.
Thanks for the comment, that’s one way of putting our baggage aside. Have a good evening.
You too!
Beautiful love story. Makes me happy.
Thanks so much Debi, I appreciate that comment.
Your imagery is always perfect!
Thank you Rosy, you do flatter me.
It’s the truth!