https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/ Journey to Ixtlan - Dreamwidth Studios Tue, 08 Nov 2016 01:18:08 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios kokopelle personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/6164738/2014669 https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/ 100 94 https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/678254.html Tue, 08 Nov 2016 01:18:08 GMT https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/678254.html The poem "The Sky" started out with the intent of contemplating how ripples in a pool impact others. The muse took it in another direction, one about the circle of life on earth.<br /><br /><br />The Sky<br /><br />Raindrop in the vast ocean<br />nothing but water to the eye<br />horizons stretched to time and back<br />depths unknown by ground unseen<br />both high and low to the sight<br />sheets of drops fall from the sky<br /><br />so many ripples in response<br />each a perfect circle<br />until they meet another one<br />then the sum is multiplied<br />cross-divided at God's whim<br />across the breadth beneath the sky<br /><br />this imperfect mirror<br />scrying bowl of humanity<br />no longer smooth on the face<br />dimpled yet still perfect<br />longing to show from where we came<br />with the blurred reflection of the sky<br /><br />the angels can only guess<br />why we chose these heights to fall<br />impact jarring as life begins<br />cooperation the quest that fails<br />when the same has suspicion’s mark<br />tears crowd the eyes that watch the sky<br /><br />to which end do droplets go<br />in this welling pool down below?<br />first to mix as separates will<br />willingness mixed with angst<br />then to feel the heat of the sun<br />evaporate, return to the sky.<br /><br />2016, Sean Green. All Rights Reserved, 20161107.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kokopelle&ditemid=678254" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://kokopelle.dreamwidth.org/678254.html sky poem circle contemplative public 0