Tag: nature

Rain ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #39

The raindrops fall
On lotus pads
Which float in place
On dappled gleam

A single flower
Still held in bud
Though petals fall
Onto the pond

They tarry there
Before they sink
And come to rest
To where they’ll feed
Next season’s bloom

The world surprises me
From almost every angle
At almost any time
I take a look at it

When it fails to surprise
I discover, soon enough
I have not been looking
Deeply enough, long enough

They rise
Thrust up
By the collisions
Of Continents

Saw blades
Of rock
And ice
Lifted into sky

There is a magic
To movement
Through the waters
Of a narrow channel
Banked by mountains
And Islands
In the gathering darkness

The fireflies
In the bottle by
My bed at night
Twinkle like
The stars outside

They power dreams
Of boyhood flight
To other worlds
Beyond the stars

Sometimes, the fire
It burns too hot
Can’t douse the flames
Can’t put it out

I walk away
And let it burn
It follows me
Burns up the world

But if I stay
And let it burn
It burns away
The fuel it’s fed

I wish I was
A bigger man
A brighter heart
A gentler hand

But every time
I find a wall
Which limits me
And makes me small

I push it back
A little way
Become a bigger
Man that day

The power, grace and majesty
Of the sea
Reminds me

Who I am
What I was always
Meant to be

Rock tumbled
Over the chasm’s edge
Like blood flowing
From a deep wound

Seeing the land in this way
I recognize the depth
Of my own trauma

You tear at me
In subtle ways
With unsubtle effects

Like the waves
Slowly undermining
A steep rocky shore