Caprice

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates. J. K. Rowling

I’m the criss-cross beetle

through the grass

driven further

moving away

to the horizon

 

but I am also

the earth

 

grain after grain

turning and searching

for the wind

that will take me

as the smallest part

 

of dust

 

that the ground

releases with reluctance

to the caprice

of the sky.

 

© Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere

Reviews

[Delmar Cooper]

Almost biblical when you think about it.

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Okay, in a sort of point of view you'r right. Thanks. :)

Rudi

[Peyton]

I love this kind of poetry, with such a great and interesting flow of words/lines. "that the ground releases with reluctance to the caprice of the sky" - to me this is genius. thank you :)

[Rudi J.P. Lejaeghere]

Thank you, thank you so much, Peyton. It's a real pleasure to describe nature's creatures, but also to draw comparisons with men. I think we can learn a great deal out of it. :)
Rudi