The Monday Mural picture this week is my favorite! I have not visited many of y’all lately, busy, self-reflective – and a bit withdrawn, the two latter will pass – is passing, so I will visit soon. To see the perfect photo that sparked my thoughts – and – where it took everyone else, click here (and then click to make it larger!). Michelle, thank you for finding this one, especially.
A Moment’s Brilliance
She stood,
in her moment’s glory,
eyes downcast,
in both silent reflection
and
in struggle to maintainfor she had done it
no one said she could
no one said she would
no one said she shouldher lips upturned
gave away her self-satisfaction
even as her eyes spoke of reflectionand brilliant colors
glowed from withinI knew I could
I knew I would
I knew I shouldTAKE THAT WORLD!
And seconds later
the brilliant colors
of her moment’s glory,
would soften
to match her
eyes downcast,
in both silent reflection
and
in grace withinas she humbly withdrew
and rewrote her thought
to that of respectful thanks.MeeAugraphie
05/22/08
My own abstracted light photos with the poems they inspired are found here and here and here and here and here and here. There is so much that can be seen in abstracts – if we look.
Welcome back, Meeaugraphie. Good to see you again. Hope your respite was refreshing. You haven’t skipped a beat. This poem is very nice. I’m glad to see she could write her thank you notes even though she didn’t believe she would. You have me a bit curious though as to what she was sending thank you notes out for… wedding, death? Either way I am glad she summoned the courage to do so. Have a nice day.
Michelle, one thing I love about poetry and prompts is that we all interpret things differently, I love experiencing where someone else goes, both with the prompt and with their interpretations of each other’s poems. You interpreted my words completely different than I did, giving me a chance to see the poem differently, too. Thank you. -M
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I read the poem as the character becoming humble about her successes, rather than angry and vengeful. Your interpretation of the photo is wonderful. I could see it very clearly.
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