The desert teaches
a man to consider
a question as if
Socrates asked,
a request as if
a penitent submitted,
a plea as if
a drowning man begged.
I speak no word,
I make no motion,
I offer no riddle.
Find what you seek
by reading my lips.
This poem is submitted for One Shot Sunday, hosted by One Stop Poetry. To see other poems and read the interview with photographer Rosa Frei, please visit the site.
Photograph by Rosa Frei for One Stop Poetry. Used with permission.
17 comments:
The whole poem from questioning, to penitence, pleas for life... reminds me of Dostoevsky (who was on "death row")... "Once you speak you cease to be a philosopher." The final two lines are powerfully concise and fit the image incredibly well. Thanks, Glynn
a sublime write. visiting your blog is an enlightening experience. all the best.
oh glynn - i really like this one...the desert teaches us lots of things by its emptiness and forcing us to concentrate on the surrounding silence...love the whole piece but esp. the last two lines...beautiful
nice I think it also gives a sense of mystery ..thank you
I like the notion drawn here
hehe so you want me to show them to you, well now there is the conundrum....i thoroughly enjoyed this glynn
Wonderful words! Thank you so much to flatter my image with your poem! Really love it!
Your words blend well with the photo- nicely done!
Nice. REally provocative.
Worth contemplating, though I suppose I'd be lost in the sands if I did. Here's to exhausting ourselves in the deserts of enigmas. :D
Excellent!
Shrouded in mystery, taunting the mind to explore further...
Your words fit the photograph well.
Excellent poem, Glynn. I like how you move from third to first person and keep this extremely tightly written.
nothing extraneous, nothing wasted. Love it
Within a shroud of mystery, you taunt the reader to try, to glimpse the mysteries of time, a give and take answer left to be unriddled.
Excellent. Your words really echo the picture, or vice-versa...
Nice pivotal switch in perspective and voice
or perhaps the eyes say it all ....
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