An uncut ruby held in eternity’s hands,
the stone of dreams horded to buy life
now used to mark death.
Hands reaching for the gods
forever raised above mortality’s skeleton.
©Susie Clevenger 2012
A grave at the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
20 comments:
Or reaching still for the unattainable? Some see life the same way...
I like this in its simplicity and yet not...Sometimes when we dip an idea and then lift it up; we think we get it- If we wait a few breaths
it changes-( stone of dreams,
mortality's skeleton) Thanks for visiting.
Your time waiting to do the prompt was well worth it Susie! This is a truly thought provoking poem....I love it!!
Hoarding = greed .. never good. Your Mag however is quite good!
Wonderful. The last two lines knock it right out of the ballpark.
Mortality's skeleton.
I am enjoying thinking about the implications of that...
=)
I like that your poem left me with the feeling of more being out there than life and death. Thank you for sharing your stone of dreams, Susie.
i like the rawness of this...the uncut ruby held in eternity’s hands...and mortality's skeleton...great images..
Nice take on the heart as an uncut ruby held in eternity's hands ~
Beautiful.
ugh...we can not take it with us...an intersting thought if our graves were marked with what we really clung to...would be intersting to see...
Beautiful job on this! I really should pay more attention to the prompts! Lovely stuff keeps happening with them! (sigh)
@AudreyHowitt
talented write,
you rock.
You transform the ghoulish image into a prayer--nicely done.
What a wonderful take on the prompt.
a ghostly photo and message. nicely done, susie!
Stone of dreams horded to buy life...powerfully thought provoking...
Raw and nicely penned !
Well done Susie, as one of the other commenters says you make a prayer of this picture.
Really good one.
Namaste
*eternity's hand*
I love that.....
The Collage Pirate
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