Monday, September 6, 2010

Poem

I saw the shadow mountain.
On the horizon,
it looked fragile.
An eggshell portrait.
I wondered how this thing
of light and air.
Could stand for the eons,
that it has.
Has it looked like this before?
and what those who saw it,
then, thought it was showing them.
Because I thought it was a hopeful thing.
To say "look, there is still
beauty in this world
beyond your situation"
Maybe it is a mirror to peoples concerns
and they would see the translucency
as impermanence?
Maybe I should just
admire the beauty
like  water for my soul.
Not think that it's there for me,
especially.
As I then did.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

Love this. Mountains have more patience than trees, yet all fall.

Hamish Mack said...

Falling is about the only certainty I reckon.

Unknown said...

Fall to rise ;-).

tigris said...

Lovely, and very evocative.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

My soul needs nectar, but your mileage may vary, A.K.

Beautiful poem.
~

Smut Clyde said...

Also.

Hamish Mack said...

Ah Smut something is not right in the division of those orbs.
Might be polyphosphate deficiency

Jennifer said...

there is still
beauty in this world
beyond your situation


good words

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

Not think that it's there for me,
especially.
As I then did.


Well, you shared the luverliness with us after the fact. I would never begrudge your "selfishness" at the time.