DO NOT STAND OVER MY GRAVE AND CRY
I AM STILL ALIVE ---- I DID NOT DIE
I AM THE MOUNTAIN TOPS FAR REACHING MAJESTIC VIEW
I AM A PEACEFUL MEADOW SPRINKLED LIGHTLY WITH DEW
I AM A COLD WINTER SNOW'S DIAMOND GLISTENING WHITE
I AM A SPRINGTIME'S BLOSSOMS ALLURING FRAGRANT FLIGHT
I AM THE WHISTLING WINDS WHIRLING HIGH WANING LOW
I AM THE AFTER STORM'S ALWAYS PICTURE PERFECT RAINBOWS
I AM THE TALL, WAVING GRASSES ON THE WIDE ROLLING PLAINS
I AM THE MERGING FALL COLORS ONLY AUTUMN MAY CLAIM
I AM THE MANY RIVERS SEARCHING FOR THE SWEEPING SEA
I AM THE DESERT SAND'S SILENT, SOLACE, SECLUDED SCENE
I AM THE BILLOWING CLOUDS ON SHEER BREATHTAKING HEIGHTS
I AM THE VERY DISTANT STARS THAT SPARKLE IN THE NIGHT
I AM THE TRIUMPHANT ARRIVING SURF RUSHING TO THE SHORE
I AM THE OCEAN'S EXPOSED TIDE POOLS WAITING TO BE EXPLORED
I AM THE SWAYING TREES WITH RHYTHMIC, RUSTLING LEAVES
I AM THE LONG, HOT SUMMER'S COOLING EVENING BREEZE
I AM THE PRE-DAWN'S PAUSING STILLNESS, QUIETING HUSH
I AM A SUNRISE'S SUDDENLY REFRESHING, SMILING BLUSH
I AM A MELTING BROOKLET'S PATIENT, TRICKLING FLOW
I AM A SUNSET'S GLORIOUS FADING VANISHING GLOW
SO DO NOT STAND OVER MY GRAVE AND CRY
I AM STILL ALIVE ---- I DID NOT DIE
Sunday, July 3, 2011
THE TEMPEST AND TRANQUILITY
SEA BIRDS IN A TEMPEST SEEMINGLY WITHOUT EFFORT
SMOOTHLY GLIDE AND DIVE OVER A TORMENTED SEASCAPE AS
BURGEONING WAVES CRASH AGAINST TOWERING, ROCKY CLIFFS
ON A COLD WINTRY MORNING
THE OCEAN'S POWERFUL THRUST SENDS SALTY, MISTING SHOWERS
HIGH INTO THE AIR BARELY SKIMMING THE UNDERNEATH, SYMMETRICAL
FORMS OF THESE ACROBATIC CREATURES OF THE SKY
THEY TEETER AND BALANCE ON MOTIONLESS WINGS WITH GRACEFUL
ATHLETICISM AMID UNSEEN, STIRRING CURRENTS OF WIND AS IF IN
A BREATH TAKING, CHOREOGRAPHED BALLET BY NIJINSKY
STORM DARKEND CLOUDS BACKGROUND THEIR SILHOUETTED FLIGHT
ABOVE THE SEA'S THUNDEROUS ROAR COMPLEMENTING THE CONTRASTING,
DIMINISHING, HIGH-PITCHED SHRILL OF THEIR VOICES AS IN THE
SYMPHONIC, CONTRASTING SOUND OF KETTLEDRUM AND VIOLIN
AND SO IT IS ---- NATURES RHYTHMIC MUSIC AND DANCE PLAY TO
THE HEART AND SOUL OF HUMANITY - EVEN OVER TROUBLED WATERS
AND STORM TOSSED SEAS THERE IS A BEAUTY, THERE IS A MAJESTY;
THERE IS A REVERENCE AND IN THE ROARING, TURBULENT, OCEAN'S
INFREQUENT LULLS OF CALM THERE ARE EVEN THE FAINT WHISPERINGS OF
PEACE AND TRANQUILITY.
SMOOTHLY GLIDE AND DIVE OVER A TORMENTED SEASCAPE AS
BURGEONING WAVES CRASH AGAINST TOWERING, ROCKY CLIFFS
ON A COLD WINTRY MORNING
THE OCEAN'S POWERFUL THRUST SENDS SALTY, MISTING SHOWERS
HIGH INTO THE AIR BARELY SKIMMING THE UNDERNEATH, SYMMETRICAL
FORMS OF THESE ACROBATIC CREATURES OF THE SKY
THEY TEETER AND BALANCE ON MOTIONLESS WINGS WITH GRACEFUL
ATHLETICISM AMID UNSEEN, STIRRING CURRENTS OF WIND AS IF IN
A BREATH TAKING, CHOREOGRAPHED BALLET BY NIJINSKY
STORM DARKEND CLOUDS BACKGROUND THEIR SILHOUETTED FLIGHT
ABOVE THE SEA'S THUNDEROUS ROAR COMPLEMENTING THE CONTRASTING,
DIMINISHING, HIGH-PITCHED SHRILL OF THEIR VOICES AS IN THE
SYMPHONIC, CONTRASTING SOUND OF KETTLEDRUM AND VIOLIN
AND SO IT IS ---- NATURES RHYTHMIC MUSIC AND DANCE PLAY TO
THE HEART AND SOUL OF HUMANITY - EVEN OVER TROUBLED WATERS
AND STORM TOSSED SEAS THERE IS A BEAUTY, THERE IS A MAJESTY;
THERE IS A REVERENCE AND IN THE ROARING, TURBULENT, OCEAN'S
INFREQUENT LULLS OF CALM THERE ARE EVEN THE FAINT WHISPERINGS OF
PEACE AND TRANQUILITY.
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