24 May 2011

Prayer to the Wind

Roots clutching the earth,
lily shakes its head
to banish dark horizons

6 comments:

  1. Can you really banish something external? Something on the horizon? Poor lily...it's likely out of her control.

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  2. a lovely observation; way to embodied the lily, Irish

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  3. Yes, consider the grand humility which outlives all dark days. It ain't about clout. Thanks. - Brendan

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  4. I was going to say something about shaking lilies but then I started laughing like the 12 year old boy that none of us every truly outgrows. But I did like the poem.

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"Let your laws come undone
Don't suffer your crimes
Let the love in your heart take control..."


-'The Hair Song', by Black Mountain

Tell me what is in your heart...