salt exploded to a blanket;
desert meditates;
alabaster sheet
reflects
you, your
shadows stare,
recognize;
emptiness of
white fills
every angle of
your sight;
salt flicks
tear-tasted wind,
close it or
open, your eyes will swim;
let it catch
right reflections…
salt exploded to a blanket;
desert meditates;
meditate in
white.
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What a host of stunning imagery! Specially love meditating desert & staring shadows. Beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteGood imagery painted with words, I can see the white desserts in my mind. Really like the reference....desert meditates.
ReplyDeleteA lovely meditation on the desert, echoing the meditation of the desert itself.
ReplyDeleteCool... I really like that first/repeated line, "salt exploded to a blanket"
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely meditation, the picture is described in your words. Your verbs are poserful!
ReplyDeleteNow that's a landscape I have never seen up close, a bit of a blank canvas for me, but you have brought it to life, Sreeja, with verbs in unexpected contexts. I love the lines:
ReplyDelete'salt exploded to a blanket;
desert meditates';
'salt flicks tear-tasted wind';
and
'meditate in white'.
The white desert suggests death to me and yet it meditates so maybe it is just stillness.
ReplyDeleteThis is magical
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