Monday, May 03, 2010

I,
Away two weeks
On the errands of life.
Returning to new weed growth,
Peas popping up,
Lilacs gone by.
And you?
You sit smug
In your crystal cave
Beside your lava splash,
Never changing,
Only gathering:
Dust.

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19 Comments:

Blogger Tess Kincaid said...

Okay, Rel, now I'm going to expect more lovelies just like this.

7:07 AM  
Blogger The Brave said...

Can we ever really capture a moment of beauty for all time? Even the beutiful get old, and objects of wonder gather dust, eventually.

8:01 AM  
Blogger Lyn said...

Everything changes..except that which is fixed in plastic!

9:17 AM  
Blogger Brian Miller said...

i hope i never gather dust other than that of the trail...and now i have to go cut that grass...argh! nicely done magpie!

11:24 AM  
Blogger joanna said...

Rel

A lovely moment in time -- your thoughts and the little glass paper weight. Interesting how when we return home from a journey - we are thankful for the little things that make up the corners of our minds and speak home.

Nice magpie.

Joanny

12:29 PM  
Blogger Tumblewords: said...

Ah, yes, about the dust. :) I love this piece - particularly, 'lava splash'.

12:34 PM  
Blogger Helen said...

I loved the funny energy of your Magpie .....

1:26 PM  
Blogger Catalyst said...

Excellent, rel!

2:44 PM  
Blogger christine said...

Such a hoot, caught in that moment of time.... while you are toiling?

Christine

3:10 PM  
Blogger Suz said...

you sit smug...ha ha
giving a paperweight feelings....guess whoever was away came home crabby or too soon!
This was a good one

10:05 PM  
Anonymous Jewel said...

love it, such talent.

10:52 PM  
Blogger Churlita said...

Lovely. Everything keeps going and going and that's a good thing.

10:56 PM  
Blogger Sheri said...

rel, this was too funny! amazing how so much can race speedinly by us yet some things never move...hope to find myself somewhere in between! sorry about you missing the lilacs- as always, they were a delight!

7:08 AM  
Blogger chiccoreal said...

This new mode fengshui lifestyle has found it's way into your zen-like poetry. Simply beautiful. Full of life! (I've got to learn how to do this to; trim the fat from my excesses that waste precious enlivenment...got me going too).

10:29 AM  
Blogger ~T~ said...

A precious nugget of a poem.

3:59 PM  
Blogger Ronda Laveen said...

Hmm, maybe I should plant those globes in my yard. I much prefer dusting to weeding. Nice post.

4:25 PM  
Anonymous Jennifer said...

Ah, what is life then? The weed tending and the peas popping up? Or the things we hold on to?

9:30 PM  
Anonymous Jingle said...

very powerful and insightful tale!

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