10
March 16, 2008
their fire
and
light
incandesce
my essence
burn deep
my soul
trouble
my spirit
unsettle
my being
ignite
my wonder
whet
my
seeker’s vessel
with need
to be
filled full
at once
familiar
yet
exotically foreign
strange
wrongly boxed
but
exquisitely
wrapped
in angst
indignation
longing
discovery
loss
love
with all these
and
infinitely more
they reach
to a hollow place
deep within
echoing
my past
awakening
my myths
exposing
that which
I embrace
in the moment
as truth
stirring my pain
my anger
my loneliness
my hope
offering
just enough answer
that I combust
with questions
sacred uncertainties
I’m held
suspended
in inquiry
in memories
of neverwas
enrapt
by your
careful words
transfixed
by mystery
elevated
by insight
impaled
by vision
spellbound
i don’t know how you do it with this your line length of choice… but dang.. you do do it!!!!! this was stellar!!!!
Very nice, great compression – agree with Paisley – also some wonderful lines like: “awakening my myths,” and “impaling my vision.” I’m left wondering who “they” are, though, and would really like to know.
your emotion is touching, paisley
WDS
mystery & wonder are the gist
‘careful words’ is the clue, richard
WDS
Shoot, I’m lousy at riddles – a bit of a failing for a poet, but there you have it.
I think my favourite image must be “I combust with questions.”
A great write!
Richard, the ‘they’ referred to in #10 are = poets
WDS
Marvellous, I get it, I combust with questions too, so clever!
I love that “but exquisitely wrapped”.
Loved this from start to finish, exquisite indeed!
PS: Love your header.
http://www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com
I, too, love the ‘exquisitely wrapped’ – a lovely write!
sometimes, word cannot tell what it is mean to be evil.
Love these lines at the end:
‘elevated
by insight
impaled
by vision’
Yes, a very minimal format but you deal with large concepts within that framework. Fearless.
it is lovely in the format… you have covered our emotions in a kaleidoscope of emotions.. it is truly poetic and wonderful…
My appreciation grey.
WDS
Don’t we all. Merci, red.
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…in gratitude, granny
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That’s gratifying veggie.
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Danke tw.
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Amiene you lost me.
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Big needs only minimum help to be seen julia.
WDS
i love “wrongly boxed but exquisitely wrapped”
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