"Where You Breathe" - the full poem 💎
Where You Breathe - I've been working on this poem for a while, teasing out its various implications ... and it fell into place for me today. 😊 I chose to illustrate it with this painting I created back in 2010 (during my very productive post-Reiki initiation phase), because many legends about dolphins speak about them holding secrets that will be revealed to humanity when we are ready. 🐬 If you would like to order a painting, just let me know. ❤
Where You Breathe
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They are fragile:
Delicate as a freshly spun web,
But with the might to carry legions.
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They linger in morning light
A cooling mist
The first drops of rain
When drought has struck.
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They have beaten against your brow
For too long:
These treasures hidden
From prying eyes
From ceaseless sorrow
From those who could not understand.
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Now they rise up,
They clamour to be free:
These portals you once knew
As the gates of reverence.
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Release the whorls of Mystery.
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They live
Where you breathe.
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That's very beautiful. I love poetry and I read it very slowly, letting it sink in.
The way you have written this has a percolating quality. I was very curious about every word and comfortable with not understanding. I felt an acceleration at now they rise up, a climax at release the whorls of mystery, and a meaning dropped in (as it may have for you today) with the last two lines. The meaning is very personal, and may differ for every reader. For me, it's about one finding ones own truth, which we can do simply because we can breathe. Very nice
Yes! That is such a beautiful response, @owasco, and that is exactly what I hoped readers would find when they read it: a sense of their own deep knowing and truth, which so often lies beyond intellectual understanding. ❤
When you write, I question my work. I have so much to learn especially patience with my work. Beautiful written. Simply breathtaking ♡
Thank you, @tezmel. I love your work too! ❤
Thanks for share
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