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Liturgy of a Lake

July 22, 2011
By Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Water like a lion’s breath
That rising softened heat
A ripple up above me
The sky beneath my feet
The waves bring my body
To where my spirit’s gone:
Beneath the green and glassy lake
Where a flame is burning on
Rejoicing in this moment
I whisper a watery prayer
Inhaling the steady current
And drinking honeysuckle air
The breeze prepares communion
As my soul is served on ice
When I hear the solemn footsteps
Of our dear beloved, Christ

© Xiao H., Naperville, IL

The author's comments:
The sacred moments, they are quiet memories in the heart of my mind.
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Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 1 2011 at 3:42 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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I almost never intend to use a certain style, the content is what guides me to write the ways I write. What is my usual style?

Ooh! I'm glad you thought of it that way.

Too many people think that dying is the end. We poets need to break the rigidity of the concept of death! After all, "to the well organized mind, Death is but the next greatest adventure..."

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 1 2011 at 11:52 am
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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This seems very different from your usual style. Did you intend that?

It's beautiful! It feels like s sort of death description, the moments after death when a new life begins, a new world is entered. 

Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 1 2011 at 10:26 am
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Ah, I forgot to mention that this is a much revised version of an earlier poem, revised because I revisited that lake to which I owe my inspiration and had different thoughts upon being there.