Elemental

A discourse of Nature's ability to profoundly influence one's existence if the individual can open him/herself to its power

Elemental

I’ve walked along unpeopled beaches

following the ragged

                litter-lines

of

    tides,

companion to the wailing gulls

and turquoise, wild and wonderous waves.

Suspended in time,

floating slow motioned above reality,

I am the sun,

the wind-flecked foam,

a gritty grain of sand.

Above, below, within, without,

I see myself

and all sees me.

Untouched by strife of day

or grief of clutching night

I linger on the brink of heaven,

dangling my feet in

pools

of sunny sky.

Immense solitude is mine �"

but I am not alone.

 

 

Friend to the elements,

brother of  swirling, gusty winds

that pile the towering clouds,

I mingle with them constantly.

With springy steps

I span whole continents at once,

bounding  through the barriers of time.

I watch the silver bolts of lightning tear

avenues through roiling air.

Their thunderous, shattered crashes

pound the atmosphere

and then still silence comes again

and all is peace and calm and clear.

 

© Michael D Rosenthal

October 2015

Cape Town

Reviews

[Lisasview]

Hi there Micheal,
We share the same last name...
This is the first poem I have read of yours.
I always find that writing about nature brings out the very best in people.
Lisa, now in Spain

[John the Baptist]

Has the sound of a mystical experience. The awesomeness of nature can call forth such reactions.