Hanging
by a thin,
opalescent
thread,
a drop,
a pear-shaped gem
- hard and fragile
pale skin and blood
in her tashmarine veins -
she stopped and
admired… those internal flaws
Avoided - from the surface,
cut out.
She admired,
then she thought.
Until her mind,
the revealer, mirrored
her worth:
so much more than
…a stone.
This is nice Axilea...you express the very thought of one who finds the flaws within a precious gem and then...the realization.... one is more than the very worth of that precious stone....
A gem on an "opalescent thread" ... That visual alone, is worth this poem's perusal. (And I somehow heard Edward MacDowell's "Sea Piece" playing in the background while I read this)-- gem swinging like a pendulum, finding safe landing in the depths of truth's mirror.
I love the shape of this poem-- a prayerful pose, on knees-- humble, and very feminine. The green color too adds to its beauty and meaning-- depth and mytique of the emerald-- one of nature's most valuable treasures-- deceptively hard, for it's ethereal beauty, and inner fire. Some believe gems have their own souls too. They certainly have their beauty-- flaws and all. --Charlie
Ah yes, so much more than a mere stone, petra, but a precious gem, sapphire perhaps, washed in rivers of milk and fitly set. Oooh, I couldn't resist uttering this.
As with many an insightful writer, your carefully chosen words and how they are meaningfully constructed have the pleasant tendency to stir the intuitively aware's pool of unchartered meditations.
Dear readers, this is my third book of poems, and inside are a special collection of what have turned out to be not only MY personal favorites, but also the favorites of many of YOU. Some of these have never been available in print before...
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a gem of a poem...
nice...
Art Sun...
I love the shape of this poem-- a prayerful pose, on knees-- humble, and very feminine. The green color too adds to its beauty and meaning-- depth and mytique of the emerald-- one of nature's most valuable treasures-- deceptively hard, for it's ethereal beauty, and inner fire. Some believe gems have their own souls too. They certainly have their beauty-- flaws and all. --Charlie
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As with many an insightful writer, your carefully chosen words and how they are meaningfully constructed have the pleasant tendency to stir the intuitively aware's pool of unchartered meditations.
Regards
David
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
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