Tuesday, March 27, 2012

of the Sea

hope is a thing that thaws in spring

flows down a mountainside into a cascade

white cloud billow from the rush to be

gathered in a river flow to the sea.

It is light of a candle in a dark distance

that measures the way home, a fire

in the heart that carries us past weariness

a faith in black sky hours, before burn of dawn

consumes shadows and shimmers of night;

it is the faintest reckoning of love

even unto a distant heart gone cold, yet we know

the unwinding coil of time is proof:

life bears us like a rolling tide,

taking some into depths

bringing others into light.

The rhythm-less roll of age

reverberates to our cores, and we also know

it is the enduring hunger... that  feeds the soul.

2 comments:

dayasays said...

Wow, how beautifully you describe hope - the imagery gave me immense pleasure and the thoughts behind it, comfort. The final line is superb - 'it is the enduring hunger that feeds the soul'.

howard said...

Daya-
so nice to see you here, I am Like Tagore, I prefer a life with challenge, there is joy in the uphill climb and we meet our inner fire...Thank you!
HDM