Friday, October 3, 2014

Inner Cave

Cave of Hang Son Doong, Vietnam
by guff.com

My heart is a cave,
long unexplored,
in which prickly stalagmites 
and undiscovered pearls
await the hapless traveler
who dares to enter in.

Within me
lies an underground river,
 busy, burbling and babbling, 
 at times settling into silent pools
of profound stillness.
The cave walls weep,
drop by drop,
into the basin:
plop 
    plop 
         plop.

Traveler
has been walking
this inner cave
for a hundred years.
She carries
the map,
the journey
and the destination
inside her
 cavern walls.

for Hannah's Transforming Fridays prompt at Real Toads: the cave of Hang Son Doong


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19 comments:

  1. Carrie Van HornOctober 3, 2014 at 11:15 AM

    I love the imagery and message in this Sherry....indeed we must search our own heart....and it is a journey of a lifetime.

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  2. Amrit SinhaOctober 3, 2014 at 12:32 PM

    Exploring heart ... beautiful :-)

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  3. Maude LynnOctober 3, 2014 at 12:37 PM

    Beautiful, Sherry. I love the approach you took.

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  4. Susie ClevengerOctober 3, 2014 at 1:44 PM

    Sherry, I knew you would see the spiritual in that cave. This is beautiful.

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  5. brudbergOctober 3, 2014 at 1:56 PM

    I could hear that sound plop plop.. Love hove you took the music of the stalagmites into a spiritual metaphor..

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  6. GraceOctober 3, 2014 at 2:22 PM

    I like the personification of the river within you ~ I admire how you never wander from the map and journey ~

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  7. HannahOctober 3, 2014 at 5:23 PM

    Perfect, Sherry...I LOVE where you took this!! The metaphor works so effectively and I love the mention of the map and the journey...how they reside within...so good. Thank you so much for joining the challenge,Sherry...I enjoyed your offering greatly!

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  8. SusanOctober 3, 2014 at 7:19 PM

    How beautiful! I can't tell at what point the cave heart becomes the poet's and not its namesake's but I love the river that runs through it, the tearful walls and the journey inside with map and destination. Powerful.

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  9. Kerry O'ConnorOctober 4, 2014 at 3:40 AM

    This is an amazing comparison, Sherry. How like you to look deep within your own inner spaces.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 4, 2014 at 4:06 AM

    Lovely to think of an inner guide. Thanks. k.

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  11. Myrna R.October 4, 2014 at 7:53 AM

    Nice Sherry. I like the idea of an inner cave where our deepest self resides with all the answers. Lovely poem.

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  12. Nirvana on fireOctober 4, 2014 at 2:51 PM

    The chambers of secrets..
    Lovely composition.

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  13. Vandana SharmaOctober 5, 2014 at 11:26 AM

    We all have out own deep hidden secrets away from prying eyes..............

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  14. DonnaOctober 5, 2014 at 1:43 PM

    I love the idea of this cavern that lies within us...with silent pools and profound stillness...I feel at peace there.

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  15. Brian MillerOctober 5, 2014 at 5:26 PM

    i hope i never find the end of that cave...there is always so much more to explore....smiles...

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  16. Archer's BonesOctober 5, 2014 at 8:38 PM

    Beautiful, and substantial.
    Thank you.

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  17. kaykualaOctober 6, 2014 at 2:12 AM

    There is so much to discover in the hidden cave. So much excitement in us that others do not know. Rightly so Sherry!

    Hank

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  18. UnknownOctober 6, 2014 at 12:05 PM

    The traveler can guide and delight us so, if we pay attention and follow the path to these under-explored regions.

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  19. WolfsrosebudOctober 11, 2014 at 6:36 AM

    loved the sound of the river... plop

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