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Open Poetry #33

Behind the Gate

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

0 posted 2004-07-06 09:22 AM

I'm at the starting gate

anxious....
pacing......
circling my own feet....

there are others
around me

behind glass;
behind walls

entwined in vines of eyes seeking

watching open fields spreading out
then elongate into the thinness of a hair strand

waiting at the entrance

catching glimpses of blinking revelations
that come on the mercy of a thunderstruck sky

waiting
at the entrance
of the artist's brush
to join the painting

there is music
there is art
there is poetry

wildflowers , raw and unrefined
worlds to gather into bouquets
bouquets that brim with life and art
and redemption songs,

there in front of me
for the taking

behind this starting gate

pacing....
wondering.........

how does the gate open?

Copperbell
Senior Member

since 2003-11-08

Posts 956

1 posted 2004-07-06 09:54 AM

interesting...(thinking)

I think the gate is open - that birth is the entrance to the great painting and that your life is the focus of one magnificent artist. And that the thunderstruck sky brings revelations to you that you can share with others. And all that you share is part of what makes this world what it is.

I liked your poem. Thank you for sharing