Measured and still at the edge of a last moment
in a millenium passing monstrous over heaven
a beast that cannot feel the world beneath its feet
marching with the stars beyond the void—
know it, and know the depths to which fear can go
on fever dream journeys down the mountainside
constructed out of stone delusions and memory
into the valley that waits to swallow us
The woodland we once escaped
vowing never to look behind us at the horror
But now true horror walks the sky
too close to the summit we longed to reach
and so, so far from the forest edge
the woodland echoes of something familiar
waiting in the deep and calling to the sky
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I found a feed of live satellite images of the Earth, and had it cycle around the globe. Helps in uncertain times to remember that we live on a big rock hurtling through space. We’re all connected to the same thing, and we’re all moving in the same direction.
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12 responses to “Shadow Over Heaven”
I agree that we are all connected. Remembering that helps to stay calm and know even if the media doesn’t portray it doesn’t mean every day someone isn’t going through a tragedy.
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Exactly. Peace, love, and safety, it’s all we can strive for.
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Wonderful poem like always. Keep writing!
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Powerful lines that stand as a testament of our times
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I feel like this poem all the time these days. Afraid, and with this sense of looming disaster.
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There’s definitely a cloud overhead. All we can do is keep our eyes forward and know we’ll get out of it one day. All the best to you (:
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Thank you. I’m glad someone has hope these days.
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“on fever dream journeys down the mountainside
constructed out of stone delusions and memory” such beautiful and depth of phrases. What a lovely piece. Be blessed. Love 💕 Joni
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Thank you Joni, and blessings to you, too (:
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You too David. Love 💕 Joni
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Such beautiful writing 🙏🌻🙏
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Thank you so much (:
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