This poem was written by 15 year old Dave Parzanese, a high school sophomore from southern N.J. who is very athletic and active in many sports. Writing is his way of expressing his feelings. Dave's inspiration for his poetry comes from "love, life, and the world around me." This is his first poem submitted to my website. - poetheart 01/16/02
Examined seas of flooded waters; watching, waiting, to strive for freedom,
exciting, frightning waves of storms, flood the waters sea.
A nightingale, stranded, abanded, lost atop a post,
singing, rejoicing, as in a state of utter glee.
I watch closely through my eyepiece, and examine the rough sea,
I glance at my creator, and she scarcely states.....
remember the nightingale.I grow old and sparingly write my emblems of life.
The rough waters that surround me, growing, intensely showing.
A wave of sudden knocking, suddenly comes rocking,
rocking me back to sea.
As I fall into an ocean, of blackness and dismay,
I hear the words cry out to me,
remember the nightingale.Ocean waves of sudden horror, pushing, flipping, me towards land.
Turning me into direction, a direction I'm so blind to see.
With glee I follow the road trusting the twisting path.
A sudden sound grows louder,
louder through a growing, slowing, sound.
A song of glee and sorrow my ears ring a tone,
of a lonely little bird that speaks of one to borrow.
His advice is surely shocking, made me simply start a rocking,
as I remembered the words in a stopping,
remember the nightingale.Green blades of grass, with yellow leaves,
growing, showing, life as it will live,
breathing, living, reflecting a land of utter glee.
Birds chirping songs and sounds, growing
louder, louder, sounds open up to me.
A nightingale sings sorrow, along with pleasure,
sitting, setting, remembering of a time once lost at sea.
Life stranded on a post, abanded all alone,
and whispers fall to silence as the words begin to render,
as I slightly hear words my mother said remember,
remember she began to sing brightly,
remember the nightingale.
by Dave Parzanese~E.E.