Tag: hard

Ripples ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #355

Ripples
In the soft
And the hard

On the water
A gentle breeze
In the moment

On the granite
Storms and ice
Over aeons

In my spirit
The rock and roll
Of the history of me

His was a visage of ice
Cold, chiseled
A frosty burn to the touch
Which not even the fire
Of his desire
Could melt

It protected him
It destroyed him

It hardened him
It betrayed him

For anyone could see
Just below the surface
The heat his coldness
Would never emit

His was a visage of ice
Cold, chiseled
A frosty burn to the touch
Which not even the fire
Of his desire
Could melt

It protected him
It destroyed him

It hardened him
It betrayed him

For anyone could see
Just below the surface
The heat his coldness
Would never emit

Stone

Majestic

Formidable

Hard

weak

water

soft

supple

tenacious

Power

It is the hard
Which asks me
To be soft

The unyielding
Asks me
To yield

So I become the cloud
Pass over the peaks
Flow through the valley
I align with the supple forces
Which overcome the implacable

I watch the clouds
Dominate the mountains
I see the rain
Cleave the stone

I understand
How the soft
Is stronger
Than the hard

The light runs through the black
I remind myself of that
There’s gold within the rock
Riches to be found in the hardest of times

Hard
Solid
Stolid
Resolute

All such admirable
Qualities of stone
Though I prefer

Soft
Supple
Flowing
Fluid