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| "Perfect Balance" Surreal Art Photography by Luisa Azevedo |
Carrying the branches of life upon my head
my bones grow outward, reaching the sky
out of darkness,
towards the light, I fled
reaching for the highest point of understanding
balancing all that I have seen in the journey
navigating a ship of dreams takes planning
we are creatures capable of regeneration
renewal, restoration with the ability of growth
do not let fear, put you in a state of paralyzation
antlers, a source
of protection, eventually shed
vulnerable, we wander searching for answers
reflect on the visions that remain in your head
mother earth feels our hooves across the plains
heaven cries over a land thirsty for deep healing
showering a planet full of pain with cleansing rain
though a part of us dies, we still walk the slope
rising above the chaos of these modern times
open your heart to the promises of hope....
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“navigating a ship of dreams takes planning” – great line! Wonderful throughout.
ReplyDeleteThank you gbit! Perhaps, with a bit of navigating our dreams can manifest.
DeleteI love the line, "mother Earth feels our hooves across the plains". A gorgeous and hopeful message here Truedessa! Utterly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you Carrie for the prompt.
DeleteThis poem feels like an incarnation--wonderful images that make themselves concrete and then lift away again.
ReplyDeleteThank you, the ability to change is especially important, today.
DeleteI love the message in this poem ......
ReplyDeleteThank you Helen!
DeleteAn excellent reminder of what we should be.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I guess we should always strive to be better even when change is difficult.
DeleteParalyzed is not growth - it's death.
ReplyDeleteExactly, fear prevents growth. This virus is a real fear especially for vulnerable people. But, there are other fears as well, the fear of change can be overwhelming. How do we overcome our inner fears so we can live in harmony?
DeleteWhat purrfect verse for the time we live in.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandra
DeleteFirst, I love your title. I love "though a part of us dies, we still walk the slope......open your heart to the promises of hope." Yes, we need that now. So beautiful, this poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherry, we must push forward even when we are weary from the journey.
DeleteSuch balance here is so important -- its shamanic, earthly, and clear. Thanks for sharing at earthweal. - Brendan
ReplyDeleteThank you for a place to share my thoughts.
DeleteWhat an enjoyable read with so many truths. My choice,
ReplyDelete"mother earth feels our hooves across the plains
[I hope she keeps that feel for as long as the earth]
"heaven cries over a land thirsty for deep healing
[I know the God in Heaven is crying, what has he wrought?]
showering a planet full of pain with cleansing rain"
[May that rain bring the healing, we need it badly]
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p.s. If I am reincarnated my wish is to be a well to do lady strong willed enough to always be happy. Marriage? Kids? They have to fit my order.
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Interesting thoughts Jim. A well to do lady in the next life, one never knows.
DeleteI would probably come back in the form of a winged creature.
Balance..we so need it... A poem written for the days we are living. Beautiful
ReplyDeleteThat balance is difficult these days but, we need to continue to strive for it.
Delete"balancing all that I have seen in the journey
ReplyDeletenavigating a ship of dreams takes planning"
I embrace this image, but also the sense of reality that follows--when we have our weapons, and when we leave them behind and walk the earth in our most vulnerable state. It is then we most need the dreams. (And of course, this can also be about deer.)
Hopefully, our dreams will lead us when we are most vulnerable. A deer is symbolic of healing so perhaps, that
Deletedeer is part of the dream.
I love the rhyme scheme and use of enjambment in this poem, and I didn’t need the illustration to picture the branches of life, the bones growing outward and reaching the sky. We have shown over the centuries that ‘we are creatures capable of regeneration / renewal, restoration’ and the shedding of antlers is a beautiful metaphor for this process.
ReplyDeleteWe have to keep that hope alive! Hopefully renewal will come to humanity. We have to find ways of keeping our hearts and minds and souls open!
ReplyDeleteI love the image of those antlers reaching for understanding. Lovely write.
ReplyDeleteI so much appreciate your advice about hope. It's so good to read words that encourage us to trust. Lovely poem. I read it a few times.
ReplyDeleteI feel this could be the basis for a meditation. Lovely.
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