Showing posts with label ethereal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ethereal. Show all posts

Friday, September 04, 2015

Moments of Our Lives

There are moments that clamor, 
like births, deaths, and weddings, 
that we always remember. 
And ones that slip in 
like whispers in the wind -- 
a baby's first smile, 
the taste of melting butter 
on a biscuit fresh from the oven, 
the exquisite smoothness 
of a lover's lips -- 
that we never forget.
~~ Ginger Hamilton


Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Language



"I want this music and this dawn
and the warmth of your cheek against mine.

The grief-armies assemble,
but I'm not going with them.

This is how it always is
when I finish a poem.

A great silence overcomes me,
and I wonder why I ever thought
to use language." 

      ~~ Rumi from "A Thirsty Fish"



Words are so inadequate. The more I write, the clearer that becomes. I fear if I continue trying to record my thoughts, they will soon become sheer gibberish. 

Maybe they already have.~~GH