Sunday, July 18, 2010

crosswires of fires

raging fires-
what is it you really seek?
preponderance-
can it cool you down
re-uniting you with the winds?
flying, fleeting ashes spread far and wide.
in my dreamy world
I too seek the impossibility,
but let it be unspoken for now.
picture it, frame it-
only take it out, when flames die down

23 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Really like the mythology used as a metaphor for "reuniting" with the creative fire within.

Elizabeth

anthonynorth said...

The fire still burns here.

Gemma@Greyscale said...

In your corsswire of fires, it seems that there is a crosswire of the good and the bad - both have their place - a cleanser and a destroyer! Interesting poem!

Amity said...

we all have our "dream world" and it is a place where things that don't happen in the real do happen there!

beautiful thoughts Gautami!

Amity said...

we all have our "dream world" and it is a place where things that don't happen in the real do happen there!

beautiful thoughts Gautami!

Harshad Mehta said...

'what is it you really seek?'

Made me pause and look within.

Vinay Leo R. said...

a thought provoking piece here, gautami..! :)

yes, we seek our dream worlds and we have those raging fires that seek preponderance too.. lovely verse!

Lorraine said...

wow profound...I seek only the morning

SandyCarlson said...

Oh, the passion!

Jingle said...

so beautifully done,
love your talent on the burn!

Jeeves said...

Lovely one

Ramesh Sood said...

"only take it out, when flames die down"

Would it then mean the same thing..? Well, fire rages when wind
shakes hands with it..

Gautami, every visit on your page makes me think..and that's why it so interesting to be here.

Loch Rob said...

Your poem contains passion and introspection. I think we need to kindle the fire within, in order to have a passion for life. Well said.

Anonymous said...

great poem gautami..

Anonymous said...

Lovely! I, took, seek the impossibility. ;)

Dances With Loons said...

Thanks for throwing a little flame on my word, preponderance! Very nice.

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Weasel said...

A wonderful take on the prompt! Very thought provoking!

-Weasel

Julia Phillips Smith said...

Do fires ever know what they seek?

Wayne Pitchko said...

the fire keeeeeeeeps burning......nice written Gautami....thanks again for sharing your words

JP/deb said...

love the ethereal nature of this poem.

Jim said...

At neat poem, Tami. You could fill in the blank with almost any word here? I think even 'Jim' would fit in.
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one more believer said...

love this dreamy world of yours...