Reflection Upon What Was Prior to the Gasp

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Open Poetry #37

Reflection Upon What Was Prior to the Gasp

XOx Uriah xOX
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since 2006-02-11

Posts 1403
Virginia

0 posted 2006-05-20 01:54 AM

Sitting in the conditioned air.
Seperated from the stiffling heat.
Upon my couch,
through window gazing.
Observing nature beyond the pane.

Nectar bottle dangling
inches from the glass,
Ruby throats hovering.
Drawing Life, drinking deep.

A fondness had formed
for the one, much smaller.
Who sat long moments,
tiny feet grasping perch.

Instinct guided him to the
opposite side, whenever
he heard the approach of
the larger, more aggressive.
Over and over
as the day progressed,
avoiding confrontation.

Then,
in a careless iota
of a second, less
than the blink of an eye,
he found himself in
the clutches of the one
he had feared the most.

Lifted into the air
and flipped, bottom
side up, impaled through
his anus by the beak
of his attacker.

Then released,
dropped to the ground.
All in less time than
it takes to draw in breath
and gasp at the scene,
already past tense.

Hurriedly, I ran
out and around,
in hopes of offering
some form of aid.

The moment in which
my eyes fell upon
the fallen one,
was also the instant
he appeared within the
gaze of Gypsy, the cat.

Devoured.
Prior to my inhale.
Past tense of my gasp.

I have replayed this scene
in my mind many times.
Mind wants to cling to concepts.
But beyond "preference"
Released from "attachment"
No error is seen.

All occured as just
"matter of fact"
Each player
acted in accord
with his inner Nature.

With the removal
of concepts...
no attachment,
without preference...
From only the SEEING
of the Observer...

There was no display of Cruelty.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

1 posted 2006-05-20 03:14 AM

Oh, wow, Larry, what a tremendous write.

"But beyond "preference"
Released from "attachment"
No error is seen."

To get to that stage requires "growth" and there is pain in the growing stage. A most insightful write - thank you!

Helen

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