Thursday, June 12, 2014

Morning, Royal


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Morning, royal
the finest time of day.   
Sitting at my work,
I watch and wait
for the world to show her
magic: trees not trees
and then, they are.
Looking from my book,
already I see leaves
now greenish,
in the time to form these words, 
now golden glow.
Alchemy: darkness into leaden grey to gold.
Above the hills, azure sky.
Time for me, too, to turn,
my finer self dissolved by morning light, 
into baser things:
earth and air to
breath and blood.
Transmuted in the dark,
I turn, return, to clay 
in brighter light of day.

13 comments:

  1. I love the symbolism and revelation in the light and darkness. The poem and picture are one piece.
    You have given the character a strong inquisitive voice - nicely done

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  2. I love beautiful mornings... but i hate when i have to work through them!! what a beautiful picture potrayed by you in your words... i loved it a lot!!

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  3. i love being up before the sun and sitting on the deck watching it peek over the mountain waking everything up....smiles.

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  4. "magic: trees not trees
    and then, they are."
    Perhaps we too are trees in an alchemy of movement, and can take some of that glory--a memory at least--into the light of day? I love your poem!

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  5. this is gorgeous and love the varying moods here...

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  6. I love your acceptance of different sides: dark or light...and so much love here...rhythm like in lullaby.

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  7. The magic of alchemy is in the transformation..night to morning is indeed magical..

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  8. Yes, there is something magic in the moments between light and dark, when it's all one.

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  9. So gorgeously written - the alchemy, the transformation of light to dark, and then the closing: :I turn, return to clay in brighter light of day." Loved it!

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  10. A beautiful day to start..........

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  11. have a great day all your life...and keep expressing like this!!

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  12. Beautiful. You captured the magic hour here, when we reluctantly become beholden to the light.

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  13. I was just noticing the golden light of the morning today - and wishing I had gotten up an hour earlier to enjoy it!

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