poetry, prose, and photography
My contribution to today’s Word of the Day Challenge: River.
this tranquil motion
combined destructive power
river’s dual nature
A river, though sometimes calm and tranquil, and sometimes raging through storms, always erodes it’s surroundings. No matter the gentleness of the moment, there’s inexorable change, micron by micron, creating canyons and corroding mountains. Water’s gentleness is deceptive.
Do not give in to fear
Each step of acquiesce
Feeds the beast
Growing it
Face it down!
Demand it sit
Then lay down
Into the dirt
Acknowledging
Your power
Remember the truth about beauty:
Beautiful actions have deep power
The loudest of words
Comes from within deep silence
Unspoken power
The only power;
Surrender into God’s eyes
Breathe the breath of life
What is forbidden
Is not always wrong, rather
Damages power
I have power beyond belief
To make myself vanish
Into the summer’s breeze
Raising butterflies into the sky
Letters assembled
Upon page or bright screen
Terror to power
As today is World Poetry Day, I offer up this contribution:
Shall we celebrate power?
Speaking conscience to the brutal.
When nothing else can resist.
Words sharper than swords?
Or those words capturing love?
That exquisite, maddening
Sensation. Delightful, painful,
No greater sorrow, or pleasure.
Poetry, indefinable, glorious
Mystery. Savor this moment
For soon we shall recommence
Our most divine torment.
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 