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Mercurial

Missing image

Mind's eye

flows quicksilver,

connects the pinpricks

in night's sea.

 

Sees the song in the soil,

lips in the wind,

ears within a flame.

 

Has feet that sense

the cobblestones of twinkle

between air and sun.

 

Feels the vice

from sunrise's grip,

arrows shot

by clouds.

 

Elongates its membrane

becoming an astral stream,

to obey the taste of celestial pudding,

flavor only found in artificial servings

among the earth's pantry.

 

Eve brings the key

opening the archway

unto a silvery spiral ascension,

one moment of pure transcendence

is a Deja vue romance,

cradle for illumined rebirth.

 

Appetite for cosmic candles

kills the palate's satisfaction

for what is touched by hands.

Author notes

Prompt: Picture and quote

"The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in." Robert Heinlein, speech

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  • Pamela A Lamppa silver member
    September 4, 2008

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    Congratulations

    So very pleased to see a shiny trophy on this wonderful poem. So very well done. ~Pamela


  • Age of Rain
    September 3, 2008

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    This is BEAUTIFUL! Intense, rich, and original imagery that ebbed with a galactic flow. Truly stunning!


  • maralisa silver member
    July 21, 2008

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    Elongates its membrane becoming an astral stream,
    to obey the taste of celestial pudding,flavor only found in artificial servings among the earth's pantry.Eve brings the key opening the archway unto a silvery spiral ascension,one moment of pure transcendenceAppetite for cosmic candles kills the palate's satisfaction
    for what is touched by hands.wow beautiful take on the promt loved the picture to good luck in the contest