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Erat Ibi Vita
Selfless sheep make way
for the river Styx... make way.
Born of her seeded shores,
"The river Liffey," he yells and laughing
waves.
Petals drip delight--
Spellbound, the howling storms brew,
but no rain tonight.
Mercy, sweet mercy,
descending floods understanding, love.
And here stands Hercules, boldly
Cracked earth and pottery.
Where are your heroic nightmares now?
this dust.
Ages of memory beneath our walking feet,
these shreds of breath
near the bedside.
Strung laces curl out through the morning clouds.
All the birded-songs scurry oaken breeze
and dewy pine.
The lulling skies seek and squeeze
every beam of brightness out
against the corners of my overflowing
face and eyes.
Published 3rd Mar 2018
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This is breathtaking and captures the spirit of the past as well as appreciation for its remaining presence.
Cracked earth and pottery says so much about remaining humble, noticing the tiny things that cry out ancient civilizations. Imagining the hands which created vessels that would sustain them with water and oil, cornmeal and flour. Now cracked with earth and residue of what was.
Humans aren't the only form that dust reclaims. It all returns eventually.
Gratitude for history among what is in the moment impeccably penned.
Cracked earth and pottery says so much about remaining humble, noticing the tiny things that cry out ancient civilizations. Imagining the hands which created vessels that would sustain them with water and oil, cornmeal and flour. Now cracked with earth and residue of what was.
Humans aren't the only form that dust reclaims. It all returns eventually.
Gratitude for history among what is in the moment impeccably penned.
9th Mar 2018 5:06am
It does all return eventually back to its respective elements.
There should be gratitude despite the relentless consumption of time. Though, it is not always easy to see it. Reflection on the massive passage of ages long before, and even more recent, puts one's own dilemmas in a more transparent perspective.
There should be gratitude despite the relentless consumption of time. Though, it is not always easy to see it. Reflection on the massive passage of ages long before, and even more recent, puts one's own dilemmas in a more transparent perspective.
3rd Mar 2018 9:53pm
verses to make one pause and think - what do the sheep pay the ferryman with?
9th Mar 2018 4:55am
4th Mar 2018 9:53am
