There’s
a precious moment between seasons when a natural cycle has ended and things
begin to stand still...
It
isn’t long before this quietude invites a gale of tumultuous and conflicting
emotions that also have a softness, a delicate quality. For me, it is a time of
contemplation, of ruminations and a hope inflected with nostalgia for how
things were. The ineffable weaves into a very palpable, even sensual present
moment. Poetic expression layered on top of the vantage point of being in the
eye of the storm allows me to experience and to witness together in a very
therapeutic way; this is the poem that resulted.
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| Pictured is the author Tammy T. Stone |
Of Things That
Pass
by Tammy T. Stone
I
fall before you, big wind.
I am
tired, and need a tree to sit under,
I
have been waiting such a long time.
If I
can’t live there, yet,
on
the horizon’s far side, I would
like
at least to turn my eyes
upward
to the sky’s streaky,
crimson
dreams.
I want to feel beauty’s skin
on my skin, a life’s sum of the
simplest
things, the wild belly
laughs of
youth, hair all messed up
from wild play on a fearless
day.
I didn’t know what I had,
I didn’t have the capacity
for
acknowledgement.
I have searched long and
deep,
entwining with life’s
decorations,
flirting with emptiness,
that beguiling, sinewy story
that never runs out,
the way I will run out.
I want to start with beauty,
Of
things that pass,
wheels
of merriment
topping
the world.
It’s
time to build the magic
together,
even as I crawl low
to
the ground, the sun long set,
where
I can fall into
Earth’s
green embrace,
Soaked
after rain, a universe of
Scents,
textures and hope.
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| Photography by the author Tammy T. Stone |
Tammy T. Stone is a Canadian writer, photographer and chronicler of life as it passes through us. Always a wanderer, she's endlessly mesmerized by people, places and everything in between; the world is somehow so vast and so small. She feels so lucky to have been able to work, learn, live and travel far and wide, writing, photographing and wellness-practicing along the way. She invites you to see some of her recent photography here and to connect with her on her writer's page, twitter and her blog, There’s No War in World, here.
~If you are interested in seeing your poetry appear in this blog, or submitting a poem by a woman that has inspired you, please click here for submission guidelines. I greatly look forward to hearing from you!~
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