If I could just unzip the gray
to find blue seas behind that wall
and perch there, wondering, not afraid—
If I could just unzip the gray,
dive clean in sunlit blue-salt waves,
no fear of drowning heart-hard, small—
If I could just unzip the gray
to find blue seas behind that wall.
Inspired by Margo Roby’s picture prompt, with thanks to Jane for bringing the triolet to my attention.
Graceful Press Poetry 
Lovely one 🙂
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It took me some time to get going with the form, but I may just try another some day…
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You did it beautifully. I love the idea of unzipping a dull grey wall and finding the great blue ocean at the other side.
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Amen! That pretty much sums up my feeling today.
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You’re coming through the wall from the other direction!
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“to find blue seas behind that wall.”
Love that closing!
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I wondered if it would make sense without the picture, but then again the wall could represent lots of things.
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That’s true.
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I’m looking up at your response to the previous comment. I think the poem works fine without the image and I love the triolet structure for it.
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Thank you! It was a really fascinating picture with so many possibilities.
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Reblogged this on Letters & notes and commented:
I really like this triolet poem from gracefulpress
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Thanks so much for sharing!
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Loved this. 🙂
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Thank you, much appreciated!
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Pleasure. 🙂
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Unzipping the gray to find the blue — what a great image and so open to possibilities. Nice.
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I imagine that perfectly speaks to someone depressed. If only they could simply unzip. Lovely poem.
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