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Drought Awaits...

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

To acquire a personal meditative position is perhaps one of Man’s most absent means of becoming more adept at fathoming the unfathomable. In such a state of inquiry, some have said there is nothing to learn, only to remember. For many, remembering to cry is a gift long forgotten as a cleansing. (Image by Billyfoto)

Saturday, January 6, 2024


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Drought Awaits…

 

Beginning of such languid calm
Becomes a trickle of moisture,
A teardrop unexpected,
Denied by the hand of determination.

 

Still…

 

Being but human,
Even as evolution grants porous absorption,
Capacity reaches maximum.

Where does such overflow go?

 

Beneath the surface,

 It lurks, gathering momentum,
Rising up without restraint,
An innocent emotion of nature disrupted,
Knowing not the distant shores it might need,
The life it might cling to,
Influence,
And consume.

 

So it goes,
Innocence of hope,
Conditioned faith,
Unexpected fear of failure.

 

So human we are,
Bent on compartmentalizing,
Ill equipped to understand
The amorphous origins of weeping,
The nature of its needs,
The compassion inherent with its lessons.

 

Somewhere in the cosmos,
Ideas of moistened release evolved,
Presenting Man with
Tears,
Rain,
Streams,
Rivers,
Oceans.

 

Our world
Of cumulus billow,
Of swollen tear ducts,
Where all weeping
Knows one another,
Embracing its joy,
Its tragedy,
Its destiny,
Labor's teaching,
A drop,
A tsunami,
All as one,
The Universe's irreversible harmony.

 

Yet…

 

We continue this cosmic nescience,
Holding back discernment's moist dearth of resolve,

Like a stage void of passion.

 

Hovering in the wings,

Drought awaits its inharmonious curtain call.

 



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Reviewed by Richard Cederberg
Reviewed on January 7, 2024
Shedding tears is like breathing for me. Tears have the capacity to heal as they flow. For me too they become the noble language of the eye, and also, often the poetic words that I cannot write. Thanks for sharing. r

Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on January 6, 2024
Right when I think I've got your message, you drop a tsunami on me with a drought awaiting if I can't figure it out. Those tear ducts must hold a lot of water.

Reviewed by Diana Legun
Reviewed on January 6, 2024
That is a painting into which I would love to climb. Your mention of the personal meditative position being “… one of Man’s most absent means..” is expansively pointing out the direction towards understanding. Those last three lines carry great impact — ‘stage void of passion’ — and the ‘damed’ and dry-eyed, blown-kiss bow. Appreciated this one. ~~ djl

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 6, 2024
Emotions are a lot like the weather, happy when it's sunny and sad when it's raining. I'm reminded of an old song… "Cry me a river, cry me a river, I cried a river over you."

Ron

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on January 6, 2024
Having lives for many years in a desert environment under the constant threat of the relentless sun day after day, one comes to appreciate the value of water, rains, rivers, streams and oceans that you mention here in this poem in a new light. Living in the midst of a constant draught, one comes to value the more fluid aspects of the world of nature. Such a thoughtful and interesting poem, inspiring to further thought.

Reviewed by A. Frailey
Reviewed on January 6, 2024
You have many powerful images here, Odin. The contrast between tsunami and drought, both so overwhelming, yet a part of our greater human experience leaves a strong imprint on the mind.

I especialy like the line: "The compassion inherent with its lessons."

It will take time to process all you've brought forward here. Thanks for sharing.


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