I am stuck
at the beginning,
pinching
at rice like
the expectant mother
pausing
out of breath
mid-stair.
The other side is often pregnant.
Intention grows
even in
chilled winds,
germinating while
we fixate elsewhere,
though
I don’t always recognize
its birth.
Tomorrow takes its own word for granted.
Ambition shoves us
forward,
though I wish
I could
stop long enough
to admire
the track, rushing,
stuck at the
start.
Light thaws in its own time.
Phillip Knight Scott | © 2019
Written for several prompts:
- dVerse Poetics : Let Us Labor
- Fae Corps Publishing Prompt : “I am”
- V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #72 : “Wish”
Doesn’t it just?! Love the whole thing but particularly the end line.
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Thanks 🙂
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your last stanza resonated strongly Phillip…. a great poem…
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Thanks Igor!
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I love the ending
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Thanks 😊
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Fantastic end line!
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Thanks Linda!!
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You snagged me at frozen light; what a concept. Life can be fitful, with wheel spinning and gear grinding, and lethargy, followed by epiphany and growth.
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Thanks Glenn!!
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I find myself in the opening, “stuck, pinching at rice”, coupled with the expectancy – life proceeding even if I’m not ready. Love your imagery. So compelling.
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Thanks so much 🙂
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My pleasure!
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Light thaws in its own time This occurs when you get to retirement!!
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I need to retire!!
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Yes, it is as good as it is cracked up to be!!
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Reblogged this on Fae Corps Publishing.
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So much to admire in this poem, Phillip. I particularly enjoyed the lines:
‘Tomorrow takes its own word for granted’
and
‘Light thaws in its own time.’
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Thanks so much Kim 🙂
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I do love the whole poem… and its sentiment… don’t we all wish to enjoy the journey more than the result… besides in life we all know where it will end.
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I seem to know exactly what your paradox feels like, in my spirit, I mean:
“…rushing,
stuck at the
start.
Light thaws in its own time.”
This relates to Linda’s poem too on the futility of expecting things according to our own timing. They’ll be born — we’ll be born — when we’re ready.
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Excellent poem and amazing finale!
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Nice. Especially, “Tomorrow takes its own word for granted.”
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Thanks Ali!
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Damn that was inspiring….amazing👌👌👏👏👏
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You have an amazing blog…. Hoping you check out my blog as well😊
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Thanks! I will!
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