Monday, September 26, 2011

The Trail of Discovery

The Trail of Discovery

View the path

All straight and crooked

A hidden energy seemingly pulling

At a speed just barely visible

Yet vast within the array

 Discover the air about

Fluidly as it all blends

Against a soothing surface

Find the tangle of small willows

With leaning reflections

And there too the stones

Ahead on the bank

Slight movements

Gently mirror the way

With colors of vastness

All within an array

Fulfillment flourishes

Within the the glides of green

Where water meets air

Within the climate of the calm

See the swallows

Skimming along the water's surface

Twisting their narrow wings as they rise

Without a thought nor surprise

 Encompassed with robust depths

From within and beyond 

Within the find of oneness

All encompassed without reprise

For there lays the foundation

Within the trail of discovery

All encompassed

These Souls of Splendor

 

~ jgs ~

 

10 comments:

  1. so poetic, had to reread it to grasp the message. Your poem is so wonderful and well written, that i wote a versed of it in Filipino. I will put it when times allows and if your gonna permit it.

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  2. The words, the photo - the picture they create - beautiful.

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  3. A wonderful poem that fits the pictures perfectly

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  4. my favorite part. It is a beautiful poem jack :)

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  5. Thanks Maritess last night I just went outside and I took an older version and then dabbled
    with it...

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  6. Grammy I love to just find that finality within the eve where everything is just silent and
    I do love words. And I am not the only one as there are many. Thanks. (catching up here).

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  7. Tee, I read whichamcall it....Forest that's the person.
    Then I just looked at the photo and let the keys flow.

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  8. They are not borrowed but sometimes it comes and sometimes
    it doesnt. I have to go and re read this myself :). Thanks Cinn.

    Dabble < see right there is a word were it's spontaneous yet
    one can take it or create something...

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  9. "Fluidly as it all blends
    Against a soothing surface"

    It's really more pros than poetry but thanks Cinn.

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  10. Jack ... here's the Filipino version of it. You be my teacher please ...


    Masdan mo ang tahakin
    tuwid at liku-liko
    Isang nakatagong pwersa '
    pilit humihila
    Sa isang lakas na bahagyang makita
    nararamdaman, ngunit
    sa kabila nito'y
    tuklasin mo ang isang mala-hangin
    na bumubulusok, humahalo
    pilit na nakikipagtagisan sa isang
    makinis na kaanyuan
    duon hanapin mo ang buhol buhol
    na asa mo'y mga bulak
    At sa isang tahimik na pagmumuni-muni
    ay makikita mo
    na duon ay may batuhan
    na iyong daraanan
    Mga banayad na galaw, dahan dahan
    unti unti
    ipinakikita ang tamang tahakin
    Sa makulay na kaparangan
    nakapaluob ang isang kaganapan
    yumayabong sa luntian
    kung saan ang tubig at hangin ay
    nagpangita. At sa kaibuturan ng tahimik
    na kaparangan, tanawin mo ang
    mga munting ibon na para bang lumilipad
    sa tunog ng lirika. Mga pakpak
    ay sumasalimbay ng walang pagkabigla
    o pag-aandam man lang
    at sa kalaliman ng himpapawid
    at nang sa dako pa duon
    sa kaibuturan ng pagiging isa
    lahat ay kinaya ng walang agam-agam
    dahil duoy nakasalalay ang isang
    pundasyon na matibay, at sa kalaliman
    ng paglalakbay ay isang katotohanan
    natuklasan. Lahat kayang kaya yakapin
    nitong kaluluwang
    tahimik na naglalakbay.

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