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WindWalker
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since 2001-10-12
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0 posted 2008-01-15 01:07 AM


I hear the wild ocean pounding
upon a very ancient shore,
its waves crashing and thundering
shaking rocks and rattling stones,
dragging the earth back into itself:
I hear the thunder as lightning
whips unruly clouds wildly driven
by swirling winds.

Yet, upon that shore I can stand
Alone, naked and unafraid – touch
that wild ocean's back with fingertips,
'til it lays purring at my feet,
caressing the shore gently;
'til the sun comes out,
‘til the clouds turn white,
‘til the breeze whispers softly through my hair.

In that storm, there is great strength:
A movement of shaping, creation in toil,
majestic, wondrous changes being wrought.
Did it destroy? No, only a creative spasm,
Birth pang of mother earth, evolution,
A way of continuance, endless change:
Not power, nor death, but eternal life –
in eternal motion!

Daily I witness another storm
Full of brute power, savagery, unstoppable:
imprinting deepening scars upon the earth,
fueled by wild unreason and demented minds,
darkened by lure of greed, by lust, by ego gone mad.

I try to tame this one with love also
but it lunges madly at my extended empty hands,
attacks, tears and leaves me to die
among its legacy of dread and death,
to rot amidst shards, shreds, shatterings
of expiring life it sends flowing
down a polluted river Styx:

The power storm whose epicenter
holds so deathly still, so confident
in every boardroom of every land.

© Copyright 2008 Sharran WindWalker - All Rights Reserved
Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
1 posted 2008-01-15 03:17 AM


I so understand your thinking and enjoy your poetry so much that I read them many times over. Always wait for the next one.
This one has such a profound understanding of nature and human nature.
                                    Ida

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
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Eternity
2 posted 2008-01-15 08:03 AM


This is a wonderful, significant write. I love this one best out of yours. And I understand these two kinds of storms and agree totally with your views.

Perfect!

We continue to try ... awakening to love.

love
Margherita

Midnitesun
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Gaia
3 posted 2008-01-15 09:45 PM


Ww, this is a powerful write, with incredibly beautiful imagery.
That ending? was as mighty as lightning!

ArtSolstice
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since 2007-03-18
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4 posted 2008-01-16 12:12 PM


Read, re-read and read again... WOW.
ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22
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Michigan, USA
5 posted 2008-01-16 05:29 PM


Exceptional imagery, and powerfully pure.
secondhanddreampoet
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a 'Universalist' !
6 posted 2008-01-16 07:25 PM


absolutely superb...

I won't attempt to 'hi-lite' (I'd have to simply re-post the entire 'write!']

extremely serious and long-sustained applause..
another (of the many sent along to this author)
'poetic standing ovation' for this penning!!

Margherita
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Eternity
7 posted 2008-01-22 06:31 PM


deserves another round!


secondhanddreampoet
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a 'Universalist' !
8 posted 2008-01-25 08:12 PM


just wanted to return one more time for an 'official'
comment/reply posting on this exceptional 'write!'

continuing grand applause!!

carnyspook
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since 2008-01-26
Posts 15
Kentucky, United States of America
9 posted 2008-01-26 03:20 PM


very interesting. you sound like you have witnessed such a storm. the earth moving with groaning protest into the sea really caught me. lets hope not too much of the earth moves to the sea.
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