Glint

The mirror of my soul…is it in a book captured?

Maybe a song or maybe a dance…

Or maybe it’s in this art that I’ve unknowingly mastered

To steal the lingering shadows with only a glance…

 

Yet I cannot defy the rules of the universe…

What seems to disappear just goes to some other place

Our truth sometimes seeming nothing but the obverse

Making me lie with a straight face…

 

So when in a room full of light, a shadow shimmers

We can barely catch it with our glance…

That way our souls have infinite mirrors

Their reflections walking in defiance

 

Aching for the sky that is starless

The shadows are watching coldly from the distance

Yet even in a room full of darkness

A glint of light is enough to make the difference…

Author's Note

Reviews

[AaronFreitas]

Nice work Ana. Beautiful descriptions which are a norm in your writings. Great piece :)

[Ana B.]

lol, thank you very much Aaron, have a wonderful weekend!

[Jamestown]

Well written and expressed my friend!
Out of sight doesn't mean gone for good
just moving to different location:)
Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Ana B.]

Thank you for reading James :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

This one had me flummoxed. I read it more than four times. It has a sort of dark ethereal tint to it as it vacillates between describing a world full of malevolent shadows and souls that lie and yet seems to end on a hopeful note. Some nice stanzas here.

[Ana B.]

:) wow, i never thought it would induce such thoughts...thank you John.

[Matching Socks]

We can't lose sight of that little speck of something..

[Ana B.]

True Ana, thank you for stopping by.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i believe it is true..."what seems to disappear really just goes to another place"---and truth goes into the shadows when we are not honest with ourselves.

[Ana B.]

Very wise words my friend. Thank you for them.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Poet.
"Yet even in a room full of darkness
A glint of light is enough to make the difference…"
The light of hope is needed. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Ana B.]

Thank you dear Jonh.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Ana.

[ANTO]

life often imitates art - which is why it resonates so.
To attempt to master art may by extension be an attempt to control life, like scraping one's name onto a bullet so that 'the bullet with my name on it' can be safely ensconced in the owners pocket.
"Yet I cannot defy ...universe" - an admittance that mastery of art (and life) is folly?

Perhaps the soul is the tool for controlling things after all it can 'see' what we cannot. But that takes us into a whole different unknown - "a room full of darkness"

I loved immersing in this one Ana.
Thanks for sharing it with us my friend.

[Ana B.]

I wonder when will art start to imitate life....
Aren't we all control freaks? I know i am....perhaps the soul is that tool, in this case we are guaranteed a transcendence no matter the circumstances....

Thank you for your insight my friend :)

[ANTO]

I think that virtual reality sims might be art imitating life when it comes of age (assuming we aren't already in one)

We are all aspiring control freaks, I think.

If we all get a 'free pass' if you will, Hitlers soul would be there too.

http://io9.com/5950543/physicists-say-there-may-be-a-way-to-prove-that-we-live-in-a-computer-simulation

:))

[Ana B.]

....these days some scary crap is going on if you don't mind me saying so.... :D

[ANTO]

lol - well picture this my friend. The computers they predict (quantum states) will be to current machines as the abacus was to the first hand-held electronic calculator. That will be some scary crap.

[Ana B.]

damn.....i hope it will be in the next century....at least i won't get to see it... :)

[Anjan]

The poem is thoughtful and the usage of w0rds is beautiful.The poem is more like a delicate and fragile glassware.I really luved it.Reading it over and over

[Ana B.]

Thank you very much for stopping by Anjan :)

[Anjan]

Pleasure is mine and I mean it.

[Emily]

I just love that first line!
Well done!!

[Ana B.]

Thank you Emily :)