Friday, November 19, 2010

eternity




can i say this?
i don't know.
words are calving
from the iceberg that guards my heart.



6 comments:

  1. You don't strike me as the icy type, but I liked the poem.

    I'd venture what that fellow in the top picture is unveiling, but there's too big an iceberg guarding my heart, brains, and guts.

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  2. I think your heart-iceberg is like my bubble. It's scary to break through. Being vulnerable is terrifying. Be brave!

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  3. Wow. Love that short poem.
    The use of calving and what is represented in the picture. Really nice.

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  4. kirk-i'm not all-over icy, i just have a few areas still seized up. may i suggest taking a hammer and chisel to your 'berg? there's good stuff underneath it, i see it in your writing.

    cc-brave is my middle name! not my first name, you understand...like jim morrison said, break on through to the other side.

    kass-calving is the term used for when a chunk of iceberg breaks off. i liked the combined meaning of that, and calving as a birthing process. what do we give birth to with our words?

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  5. Eternity is a long time, one that icebergs were often felt to be a part of. We know it isn't true any longer.

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  6. okatb-no, even icebergs come to an end. i find that reassuring.

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