Attribution: Alicia Savage
Image: By the Sea Shore (here)(MLMM's Photo Challenge #129)
the 12 given words:
shine precise bee lightness ignorant sparkle
tapestry (fabric used for wall hangings, furniture coverings)
cuttlefish
mutable (liable or subject to change or alteration)
threat veiled flaked
Rain or shine at the precise hour
She would make a bee-line to the sea shore
with a lightness most unusual
with a lightness most unusual
Not ignorant of the inherent danger
but with a sparkle in her eyes
she sat bathed with expectations of a
young lover left hurriedly by her beau
She had been lucky this far
for at exactly 0600 hours
a deathly calm enveloped the early
for at exactly 0600 hours
a deathly calm enveloped the early
morning sky
clear of the tapestry of dark
clear of the tapestry of dark
cloud formations that shrouded the dawn
barely a few minutes ago
A slight breeze picked up the kite
fashioned like a sailing boat
to greet the rising sun on the horizon.
to greet the rising sun on the horizon.
The same cuttlefish that came yesterday
would wave her tentacles from the distance
Not mutable thereafter for at least one hour
with no threat to her person
with no threat to her person
she sat there not a movement was apparent
Then a sudden change of mood occurred
of a somber being that veiled a happy self
of a somber being that veiled a happy self
for the past previous hour
it now flaked itself from the quiet mood
to a changed person
it now flaked itself from the quiet mood
to a changed person
The kite lowered itself to her feet and
she was ready to go back
Happy that her hour long daily
meditation was now accomplished
MLMM's Photo Challenge #129) and
Marian's at Real Toad's the tuesday platform
I do like the way a mind might soar... best meditation ever (I don't believe in danger)
ReplyDeleteMade goosebumps rise on my arms... but, all's well.
ReplyDeleteA meditation on kite flying sounds pretty good to Me!
ReplyDeleteA meditation that sure would work the mind as many things to find.
ReplyDeleteUp to meet the rising sun!
ReplyDelete"with a lightness most unusual" ... I wish every story/day could begin this way.
ReplyDeleteNow I want to fly a night kite ... that glows in the dark, of course, after my kids go to bed.
Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteTeach me how to do that, Hank.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of creating a space in time for the mind.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to do that, Hank. Of course I could sit on our back porch and listen to the water falling. Even put my feet in to get her feel.
ReplyDeleteBut I would still miss this little lovely action:
"The same cuttlefish that came yesterday
would wave her tentacles from the distance"
I personally would think, though, that after this long time, it would come closer, perhaps nibble her toes. I sure would.
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The shape of your poem looks like a bottle to me. Perhaps your beautiful words traveled the sea.
ReplyDeleteRhythmic and lyrical, like the sea.
ReplyDeleteIf meditation goes well the mind does soar! Just like this poem.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this poem. One of my new favorites Hank. I want to fly that kite at night and soar a distant plane.
ReplyDeleteYou did a splendid job of using the words, Hank.
ReplyDeletePamela
I love the words: Tapestry of dark cloud formation -
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