Slow moving shadows across a face of marble
a chant to the sky frozen on lips of stone
and within, a mind alive and burning
wildfire in a dry forest
the ashes like stars away into the night
Hands pulled from shifting sands reach out
to collect the embers
mix them with the morning dew
and drink them in until the sky falls
a blanket over the desert gray and cold
and when a new sun rises
the marble one will also rise
out of prisons of sand and time
to sit on a throne among the stars
and breathe in the light of distant worlds
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Photo by Zack Jarosz from Pexels
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If you have 7 minutes free you should listen to The Main Squeeze’s cover of Pink Floyd’s Have a Cigar on Youtube. Then maybe follow it up with their cover of Led Zeppelin – Since I’ve Been Loving You. Transcendent stuff.
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Beautiful ❣️
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Thank you (:
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Most welcome Mitchel 💕
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This is transcendent poetry Mitch. I haven’t read a poem that belongs to the fantasy genre before. At least not one as good as this. I’m afraid I may have misinterpreted it though. Is it based on a book or a myth or a legend? I’m sorry, but I don’t know the old fables well. Or is it pure imagination? If it’s the latter it’s extraordinary. If not, I still enjoyed it a lot.
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Very nice David as always. Beautiful visuals in this poem. Take care and stay safe my friend. Love Joni
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