Tuesday 10 May 2011

beguiling time

time beguiles, I give in to it
the tiny birds sit on my hand
chirpy faces stare at me
I can't confront 
what I don't comprehend
two difference life forces
merge into each other

"when did I turn to stone?"

20 comments:

  1. Sometimes we turn to stone because of the cards dealt our way!

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  2. Great question at the end, tying into my favorite lines "I can't confront
    what I don't comprehend." You express a contemplative, perhaps unanswerable, search very well.

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  3. in a false sense to protect ourselves maybe...

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  4. Very nice. And if you turn to stone, you know what the birds will use you for...

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  5. cute magpie,

    keep wondering, bless you.

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  6. Succinct, but with so many layers of meaning. Beautiful.

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  7. Nice One Shot, Gautami... solid as a rock! :)

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  8. I wonder if St. Francis had to confront what he didn't understand; or if he understood what others couldn't comprehend. I always thought of him like Van Gogh with special talents to whisper to horse and speak to the birds. His abilities however probably have turned to stone as Van Goghs have dried on canvas. Never in either case, to be duplicated. Interesting piece. Thank you. Gay

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  9. keep it up.

    check out short story slam and welcome your submission.

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  10. When? I know not, so I must continue moving before I become a stationary masonary. Nice/ Should "difference" read "different"? Just wondering.

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  11. A mystical take on an unusual prompt

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  12. some life's going on while other things die...

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  13. A great economy of language and very expressive.

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  14. Lovely poem, Gautami! I like how the narrator begins complacent in his situation and then challenges himself more and more: how can two unlike beings merge, and finally "When did I turn to stone?" Good progression, good points. Love

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  15. So often we choose to ignore what we don't understand.. I think you have brought that tendency very beautifully here, Gautami...

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