Softly whispering her secrets in a thousand unknown tongues
She calms my mind and lifts my spirit "peace, peace" says she
Caressing my lips with rivulets of liquid coolness,
she gives me life and satisfies the deep longings of my soul
Her endless flow brings supple smoothness to the roughest stone and glids gently down, down
Her strength is mighty,
small and wondering at first, she gathers herself like a summer storm
ever moving, pushing, finding the path, and lower, rushing
Now falling, flying to the valley below
her hair is misty, lite and swirling, taking flight
the sunlight through her billowing locks lights a rainbow of colors
Make way! she shouts, now raging,
a cacophony of sound drowning the song of every bird
A mighty torrent is she, washing all in her path, searching
where is my family? she wonders,
she broadens her coasts and gives the mariner safe passage
There ahead in the vista, she gathers herself and meets her children
waiting for her, calling
finally she is complete, her mighty rythimic rush, rush now laping at the shore
this is the cycle of life
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
The Mountain Stream wins an award, SO WHAT!
I was happy to hear that my poem "The Mountain Stream" won the Editors Choice award in the international competition at poetry.com. I am in the running for the $10,000 prize.
It does a lot for my ego but what is the real nature of "Self Worth"? Do we live to feel worthy of Love or admiration? What if we are a failure in life, is life not worth living. Let's explore
It's all a mater of perspective, wealthy & successful people can feel just as "unworthy" as the total failure who is a cast off from society. Is it about our appearance, many think so, plastic surgery and makeup / clothing are billion dollar businesses. Does our self worth hinge on our success or feeling successful? If so then all we have to do is stop looking at ourselves and thinking about our happiness and help someone else to feel worthy. Let's consider RW Emerson's view of success.
"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
It does a lot for my ego but what is the real nature of "Self Worth"? Do we live to feel worthy of Love or admiration? What if we are a failure in life, is life not worth living. Let's explore
It's all a mater of perspective, wealthy & successful people can feel just as "unworthy" as the total failure who is a cast off from society. Is it about our appearance, many think so, plastic surgery and makeup / clothing are billion dollar businesses. Does our self worth hinge on our success or feeling successful? If so then all we have to do is stop looking at ourselves and thinking about our happiness and help someone else to feel worthy. Let's consider RW Emerson's view of success.
"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
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