Today’s prompt: Verbal Confirmation—To be, to have, to think, to move — which of these verbs is the one you feel most connected to? Or is there another verb that characterizes you better?
We gather a new world
as we collect marks
in straight black lines
on white paper.
And yes, it is a new world
every time
and we have the power
of each world
we pull around us.
I may have called this poem
“Utter Sovereignty,”
but I did not, for rulers are
sad folks, and lonely.
We are the gatherers and so
we draw to us what we need
and are never alone.
There is nothing we lack for
in this storehouse where
the shelves hold words
the bins ideas
and the walls are covered
by imagination.
We gather to set free again.
This is the pattern of the world
that no one has ever broken.
Everything flying apart,
every moment of the day,
and all of us
gathering
it back together
again.
Gatherers, I like that.
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The poem is thoughtful and introspective of looking within ourselves. Great posting.
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Reblogged this on Retirement Lifestyle and commented:
The poem is thoughtful and introspective of looking within ourselves.
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So true and profound – “We are the gatherers and so
we draw to us what we need
and are never alone.” Love it.
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