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Martie
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0 posted 1999-12-26 07:25 PM



The Reason is Unfolded


The path is serpentine
and furtive
to unsure feet treading.
I can see
the breath of
beginning down the slope
across the tarn of newness
nestled,
it is like the tremble and flux
of a smoky song,
a nebulous thing, unsure
of direction.

Look back, down into the troth
of a mother’s scream,
look down the eyes of fear
at how and say
still
   how?
How do I keep climbing
life's frail and stony ridge
with the moon so close now,
its portence is holy and lingering
and I will never see it again like this?

I see fragility
in the thinness of the skin
that breaks and bleeds my effort.

Oh, but when I sing
the sky smiles and this
heart of days is listening,
listening still to answers that
beauty defines
and tomorrow is high,
a ridge, so clever in its serendipity
that I hear
and finally understand
that the answer is to question
and the reason is unfolded
from simple strive.

  
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 In the dew of little things,
the heart finds its morning
and is refreshed.
(ee cummings)


[This message has been edited by Martie (edited 12-27-1999).]

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Denise
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1 posted 1999-12-26 09:05 PM


This is wonderful, Martie! I enjoyed this very much!  

 Denise



Elizabeth Santos
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2 posted 1999-12-27 04:33 PM


Martie,
I just happened back to #4 and found this. It's beautiful! If you post on #5, we won't miss any of your poetry
Liz

Severn
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3 posted 1999-12-28 05:34 AM


This is one of the most beautiful poems I have read from you Martie - I'm very impressed! Definitely publishable!

K

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4 posted 1999-12-28 06:37 AM


I really liked it alot ,
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