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 ~
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.
ReplyDeleteThe words, the photo - the picture they create - beautiful.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful poem that fits the pictures perfectly
ReplyDeletemy favorite part. It is a beautiful poem jack :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Maritess last night I just went outside and I took an older version and then dabbled
ReplyDeletewith it...
Grammy I love to just find that finality within the eve where everything is just silent and
ReplyDeleteI do love words. And I am not the only one as there are many. Thanks. (catching up here).
Tee, I read whichamcall it....Forest that's the person.
ReplyDeleteThen I just looked at the photo and let the keys flow.
They are not borrowed but sometimes it comes and sometimes
ReplyDeleteit 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...
"Fluidly as it all blends
ReplyDeleteAgainst a soothing surface"
It's really more pros than poetry but thanks Cinn.
Jack ... here's the Filipino version of it. You be my teacher please ...
ReplyDeleteMasdan 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.