stare
so much resistance
always pressing up
against a sky
that refuses
to show us who we are
colorblind we rage
at impossible sunsets
and mercurial momentum
as inertia
holds us steady
in the knowledge
that a shadow
is incapable
of lies
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September 27th, 2011 at 9:02 am
Love this delicate image. So much strength in things growing.
September 27th, 2011 at 10:33 am
I was sitting staring at the beauty of that spore and then I read the words .. lovely.
September 27th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Somethings do have to struggle to live don’t they?
Lovely, vivid prose.
September 27th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
These lines are thought provoking.. indeed it is:
“that a shadow
is incapable
of lies”
And that picture is lovely ~
September 27th, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Beautiful words and a captivating photo!
September 27th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Sense of our own smallness strong here, but some insight into the larger picture also–nice movement towards the end game, with ‘mercurial motion /as inertia holds us steady…’ resolving to the tight close.
September 27th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Awesome. How do you consistently post such awesome stuff? Amazing.
September 27th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
nice..a shadow is incapapble of lies…but the one that makes it on the other hand…smiles. nice through the middle with the imagery of impossible sunsets and mercurial momentum….
September 28th, 2011 at 8:05 am
Lovely poem !
September 28th, 2011 at 11:01 am
Wonderful words and a fantastic image that leads this reader to pondering long after this comment is submitted. Well-done…especially for a random ramble! 🙂
September 28th, 2011 at 9:48 pm
Well written. I even overcome my prejudice against center justification!
September 28th, 2011 at 10:38 pm
That photo is incredibly delicate, and how lovely your words Mrs. Mediocrity! Shadows can’t lie, that’s so true and I never thought of that. And then to think of a shadow in terms of a sky that never shows us who we are, then we have to look to the shadows…… in life? Always pressing and striving upwards, but only finding ourselves in the distorted shadows of what life creates of us… powerful emotions….
October 1st, 2011 at 4:17 pm
in every respect …
beyond brilliant.
your image has me holding my breath …
absolutely … ‘incapable of lies’
xxoo
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May 19th, 2013 at 9:02 am
(Sigh)