Tag: water

Stone ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #387

Beneath a granite sky
In a landscape of stone
I strive for the softness
Of water

Is it paradox
To find this cascade of water
As fascinating
As a campfire’s billowing flame

Elements in contrast
Matter and energy
Opposites
Yet akin

Falling or rising
Beauty
In the flow
Of nature

In the valley
An empty basin
But for lingering salt
Where once a lake

In the sky
A saltless sea
Atmospheric bounty
Held aloft by the winds

Sometimes
It is not the water
Which troubles me
But the bridge

Hard
Solid
Stolid
Resolute

All such admirable
Qualities of stone
Though I prefer

Soft
Supple
Flowing
Fluid

Set beside the gentle brook
Which cut the mountains high above
Now settled under gentle light
I wonder at the water’s might

O’er gentle time
In nature’s flow
The lightest rain
Must downward go

Sometimes the water runs hard
Knocking rock loose
To tumble and gouge
Cutting the gully ever deeper

Drought leaves the gully quiet
What water there is
Seeps down a shaded wall
Trickles in the valley

Hoarding precious moisture

Tenacious flora on the floor
Perpetual winds in the sky

Until rare torrents fall
Tumbling down the mountainsides
Muddy brown and rocky

Water falls to Earth
Carves the land
And furrows mighty canyons

Water comes from Earth
Builds the land
Deposits micro canyons

Concrete and glass
Water
Calm below
Crystalline wisps above

Amber and rouge
Blue and black
Skyline betwixt
The sky and sea