BLURRED BUT CLEAR

A person standing besides a lake observes the lake and the things that happen to it. At the end he relates the lake to "life"

         BLURRED BUT CLEAR

 

Standing beside you, ignorant

I tried to perceive you

You hugged the sun, you hugged the moon

Inside yourself you fostered the dew

 

 

You turned the lights to flames

That would not destroy anything

Shimmered the effigy of the warrior

Long beside you, standing

 

 

They come, talk to you and go

Sometimes happy sometimes low

You heed everyone; be it your foe

 

 

When you ride the breeze

There is no face left frowned

They get attached to you

But you are still unbound

The things at the top seem so far

Out of the way, so distant

But you show everything without a scar

In your lap, so imminent

 

 

You put on different shades

And make me think of life

You love the dawn, you love the dusk

Even the brightest noon you don’t strife

 

 

You have witnessed the first meetings

You have sighted the last departures

But in your roll they reside

With all that life captures

 

 

Standing beside you, ignorant

I tried to perceive you

Not knowing me much but mere

When I looked at you

I found myself BLURRED BUT CLEAR

 

 

Reviews

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

So much survives in water. Its surface is a mirror reflecting all things; and yet, underneath, in the quiet depths, it holds so much mystery. It teems with life and reflects life and keeps moving along, like time. The concept of the poem is beautiful and probably imminently more so in your native tongue.