Sunday, April 10, 2011

Still

Well, life has been catching up to me and catching me from behind. I had planned to do 30 poems in 30 days for NaPoWriMo, like I did for the past two years, but instead I will be doing 21 poems in 21 days, starting today!

I dreamed


I was nothing


but solid stone


in the middle of the river's constant flow


I stayed put


through flooding, draining


snowing, raining,


rushing, lapping


sediment and clarity--


was all the same to me


I was the perfect answer


to perpetual motion


I was still


But the dream did not last


long enough


for me to know


what it was I felt


resignation


peace


contentment


numbness


and whether it was enough


to observe


but not witness


to be carved


so slowly


as to never


truly


notice

3 comments:

  1. I am SO glad that you are doing napowrmo! Can't wait to see what comes from you this year. Your first example is stunning, stellar, and - yes- still. I love it. (I think your double-spacing works dynamically for this poem. The pauses are important to the stillness.)

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  2. Jeanne--Thank you! xoxo
    Lydia--I'm so glad you're glad!

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