Leave your summering senses

Watch the world open your eyes to endless wonder...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leave your summering senses,

wander the shimmering heights.

Here in the sheltered silence,

take unnatural, winged flight.

 

Birth comes to all by nature,

but walking must be learned.

So holding on to the future,

climb a sacred staircase spurned.

 

The waning day in a golden hue

has passed us by, and spoken little.

My eyes did not see a dozen blessings,

the holy hush in life’s frailing brittle.

 

When will the dust be sanctified?

And when will death be defeated?

The summer is silenced and I am

only a hollow echo, calm retreated.

 

A wind’s muted strain is movement,

it truly has no blue ambient voice.

In chords of soft shifting silence,

its rhythm is a  breathless choice.

 

Mundane gives birth to the mysterious;

it plays across earth’s landscaped dune.

How we rest beside the sea in  wonder,

waiting for the stars to lace the moon… 

 

Reviews

[KL]

Finally, someone else who decorates their poems! Haha, seriously though this was a wonder. I felt like I was translating heiroglyphs on an ancient pyramid wall.

'Birth comes to all by nature,
but walking must be learned'

I know it's been quoted already but these two lines stood out strongly for me. It seems the world is in dire need of that reminder. What else do we take for granted once we have the ability to walk? How little do we acknowledge our planet and all the miracles growing within it? Too little, I think! Great read.

[PadfootBlack]

So... I love this... a lot. Great job, great flow, great description. Your ability to twist the English language and make it so beautiful is... refreshing. I especially love the line, "WAITING FOR THE STARS TO LACE THE MOON". Gorgeous. Fantastic job.

[Ladysue]

This was truly beautiful. I love the second and fourth verse. they both speak about choice so profoundly. I enjoyed this...oh and the last line is just gorgeous imagery...nicely done..

[Elaine]

Very beautiful. The last line is my absolite favorite lol. awesome job.

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

The second stanza Craig is the best..somethings are given to us..just like that,how e use them and move forward in life is on us.Either we can sit smug or recognize what we have and improve those traits.I also like 'The waning day in a golden hue
has passed us by, and spoken little
Also,
.'The summer is silenced and I am

only a hollow echo, calm retreated'.
And lastly course 'Mundane gives birth to the mysterious;'..what a brilliant line..indeed Craig it is the mundane which gives way to mysterious or else the greatest mysteries of life lie hidden in the most trivial details of our lives.

[deeps]

Birth comes to all by nature,
but walking must be learned.

Such amazing and truthful words Craig,
I enjoyed this write and it's sincerity.