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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2004-09-12 02:54 AM

Made smooth by the sea
with no crevice or crease
pebbles float inward to land
high on waves of over inflated ideas
of their own individual importance
in nature’s magnificent plan.

And the pebbles arrive on the shore
entrenched in the illusionary belief
that they are large protruding rocks
destined to form the long jagged edge
of life’s great precipice.

But pebbles, mere pebbles,
are debased and despoiled
by storms coming in from the sea
until fantasy lies as a false prophecy
beneath their reason for being.

Today mere pebbles gather and mix
One-time fantasy with harsh reality
while preventing the sand from drifting away
and causing the collapse of protruding rocks.

Whether a pebble or whether a rock,
whether a king or a servant to him,
how great is life’s incredible scheme
that brings forth from the sea
such smooth and untainted beauty
and buries its true importance
amongst the mass of humanity!

ShiningWindHaze
Member

since 2004-09-06

Posts 138
California, United States

1 posted 2004-09-12 04:06 AM

All I can say is how true.

- Haze

~K~
Member

since 2004-07-27

Posts 148

2 posted 2004-09-12 05:57 AM

Epic...

The scope, narrowed by an intricate dance. Does that describe it? Probably not. But yeah, maybe. No matter, I am impressed. Do I need to say more? Is there a higher a praise?

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2004-09-12 01:50 PM

But pebbles, mere pebbles,
are debased and despoiled
by storms coming in from the sea
until fantasy lies as a false prophecy
beneath their reason for being.

Enjoyed every word of this, reminded me that we are all
but grains of sand in the big scheme of things.

Bless you, Helen~

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2004-09-12 02:52 PM

Thanks, Haze.  Glad you agree.

~K~  Thank you so much for your lovely comment which is greatly appreciated.

Hi, Bluesy - No, dear girl, we're pebbles - all the others are the grains of sand.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2004-09-12 03:03 PM

Whether a pebble or whether a rock,
whether a king or a servant to him,
how great is life’s incredible scheme

~*~

Amen.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

6 posted 2004-09-12 03:11 PM

Thanks for that, Sunshine! It's a pity we most times take it all for granted.

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