Look who's stronger

I'd like to thank Cagedbird, who apart from commenting on the photos also leaves interesting thoughts and ideas that linger on...

Anyway, here's my first poem of 2008.


Unlikely Destinies

A quiet wind, robed in an obscure king's gown
Glided past bare branches of snowed-over trees
Spawning a gentle whistling melody
That crashed into the arched membrane of the firmament.

A quiet man walked into the cacophony of shadows,
He perused their intent and tugged at them gently.
Like the curled knot of an infant's fingers they slid onto his palm;
Their moans stifled, even for the waiting stars.

A quiet oar slipped across the canvas of a graying river
And churned out little nuggets of memory into an honest painting
Rendering naked History's bejeweled neck.
A smiling blue moon simply looked on.

A quiet voice screeched out forgotten songs
To painted dancers who forgot their well-rehearsed roles;
And a new language, sitting atop a broken tree danced to life.
Applause, like doves, lifted towards the enduring sun.

Years hence, a voiceless scream awoke from the lifeless masses
And burned every blue sky from a child's knowing eye
The little one bled on, tasting the lost world he would inherit;
And Heaven, of indulgent smiles, hung her head in shame.