*
there’s a land
where the sea
isn’t fluid enough.
the sky,
not spacious enough.
the earth,
not tough enough.
*
i went christmas shopping
at the best malls.
the decorations, the gifts
arranged in
perfect lines & rows
mocked me.
there wasn’t
one teddy bear or dvd,
not one
photo album or gadget
that could have
really matched.
*
today i limped
over yellowed pages
in search for
a poem.
i leaned on a crutch
and when the crutch
got rained to the core,
i crept.
*
i set the alarm clock
to shout my bones
away from the bed
at a crazy hour.
when the time came,
i swore off
my earthly belongings
except a photograph
and a few cheap gifts
worth the world;
i stargazed.
and stargazed.
*
i ran a marathon
to the clouds
and a yet longer distance
back down.
sketched a map
in my sweat
and took it
to a cartographer.
*
took me all this
labyrinth
to find
that you are just
too much,
that the ways i love you
are just too vast
to contain.
*
guess i’ll just
thank you
for glittering.
Author notes
Dec. 12, 2008
Opt.#1
kira-kira (Japanese) = glittering.
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A contest entry
- Kira-Kira by owlish.
900 points, ended December 16, 2008, 4 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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-today i limped
over yellowed pages
in search for
a poem.
i leaned on a crutch
and when the crutch
got rained to the core,
i crept.
my favorite.
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well done
congratulation on the shiny
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OH MY GOSH. This is so beautiful and amazing. The ending and beginning is perfect... come to think of it, the whole piece is. Thank you SO MUCH for your entry. I love this so much. Best wishes!
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lovely. you showed what really matters this holiday season and always. this brought me to a divine place.
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thank you
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This is outstanding! I love what you have done with the prompt and I think this is one of your best
... the only thing I didn't like so much was the double use of 'crutch' - but that is just me 
... wowowow - this is fantastic - and I can see why it put you in suh a good mood!
Polly
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