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BAMBOO
A dust bowl spinning from a bamboo goal
A centre that couldn't hold
A wrapped corpse floating on a bamboo raft
Set loose from a million souls
Atoms broken from worlds
And ink words burning in bamboo smoke
Never again to be heard.
But a heart beats in-out-in
Like breath
And what ends must begin
Like breath
And though a universe may spin
I can sit and sing
And coalesce .
A centre that couldn't hold
A wrapped corpse floating on a bamboo raft
Set loose from a million souls
Atoms broken from worlds
And ink words burning in bamboo smoke
Never again to be heard.
But a heart beats in-out-in
Like breath
And what ends must begin
Like breath
And though a universe may spin
I can sit and sing
And coalesce .
Published 10th Dec 2013
| Edited 15th Nov 2016
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14th Dec 2013 7:55pm
This poem is calming to the soul. Particularly the last part "But a heart beats in-out-in
Like breath
And what ends must begin
Like breath
And though a universe may spin
I can sit and sing
And coalesce" I enjoyed reading this
Welcome to DU by the way
Like breath
And what ends must begin
Like breath
And though a universe may spin
I can sit and sing
And coalesce" I enjoyed reading this
Welcome to DU by the way
14th Dec 2013 9:04pm
Actually its great you liked it because the poem is actually about all the CHAOS in the world and what you can do in the face of all of it as harmony fractures with fragments spinning out of control.
And my conclusion is that all we can do is sit calmly, and be a place where harmony COLLECTS once again.
And my conclusion is that all we can do is sit calmly, and be a place where harmony COLLECTS once again.
14th Dec 2013 9:26pm
You have a very interesting take on life. I see how this poem relates to my username. Lucky me :) Makes me like the poem that much more
14th Dec 2013 8:07pm
14th Dec 2013 9:27pm
