Friday, June 17, 2011

MOBILE MONOLITH

This mobile monolith,

Sand or

Stone,

Concentered

Life force or

Death star

Draws all sapient life

With strong magnetism.


This mobile monolith

Hangs by a thread

Over cradle and crib,

Suspended by

Slender faith:

Vows are made,

Promises broken

In its name


To heavy to carry,

Lighter than air,

Fragile yet

Shatterproof,

Inspiring faith

And fear and

Loathing.

Irresistible, etherial

Ecstatic


Monolithic,

Sky scraping,

Water-carrying,

Stargazing,

Elementally complex

Conjunction of need

And want,

The despised and desired.


Mobile, monolith

Avoiding capture

Or conquest,

Let alone

Captivity,

Not even by

Words or the painter’s brush

Or sculptor’s hand.


We breathe for it,

Dream of it,

Pray for it,

search dictionaries

And wikipedia

To define

The untouchable

Gift.


Copyright (c) 2011 by the author

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