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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Gravity

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Feet planted in earth, eyes on the sky,
we live, millions of rooted feet
on a curved ball floating through space.
How do the penguins on the South Pole
stay fastened to the ground?

The earth holds our hearts with its beauty.
Our souls strive higher.
One day, the axis shrugged her shoulders,
just a little,
and you fell off.
I wander the leylines, bereft,
searching for you.

 A questionable response to  Susan's prompt at Midweek Motif: Gravity
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29 comments:

  1. Sanaa RizviOctober 21, 2015 at 8:09 AM

    The earth holds our hearts with its beauty.
    Our souls strive higher.

    Gorgeous :D indeed without the power of gravity.. everything on earth would result in chaos. Beautifully penned!

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  2. Dr. Vandana SharmaOctober 21, 2015 at 8:21 AM

    We were taught in Physica class that gravitational force is a long range force but is weakest of all the forces...........wonder if it was the strongest force what it could have done to us.

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  3. Siddhartha MarrOctober 21, 2015 at 8:22 AM

    Ha-ha! Marilyn Manson has a song called 'Running to the Edge of the World'. Just thought I'd put that out! Tee-hee!

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  4. AnonymousOctober 21, 2015 at 8:31 AM

    Wandering the leylines searching for you...oh lovely.

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  5. kaykualaOctober 21, 2015 at 9:23 AM

    Nothing questionable here Sherry! Yes, one yearns for the perfect love!

    Hank

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  6. GailOctober 21, 2015 at 9:34 AM

    Oh, to be loved that much! A song of the heart surely. Perfect in its beauty and strong emotion.

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  7. SusanOctober 21, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    Gasp. The speaker should take care on the leylines where gravity is weakest, though I see she brings her own. Dear dear planted feet, dear penguins. Always that tension between mortality and desire to reach beyond it.

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  8. Rob JacksonOctober 21, 2015 at 1:01 PM

    I didn't know what a Leyline was, so I looked it up. Thanks for teaching me something new.

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  9. Rosemary Nissen-WadeOctober 21, 2015 at 1:36 PM

    So beautifully expressed!

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  10. tonispencerOctober 21, 2015 at 2:25 PM

    The earth holds our hearts with its beauty.
    Our souls strive higher.

    So very true and searching the leylines....oh how this resonated with me.

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  11. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerOctober 21, 2015 at 2:47 PM

    I love this, especially the ending Sherry! We all search for each other--if we are lucky, we find each other

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  12. UnknownOctober 21, 2015 at 3:09 PM

    Gorgeous poem. So beautiful

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  13. MaryOctober 21, 2015 at 3:11 PM

    I know who you are talking about, Sherry! It is hard when the axis shrugs her shoulders & one so cared about falls off!

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  14. Old EggOctober 21, 2015 at 4:14 PM

    Rest assured no one falls off (unless they willingly fly to the moon or further). The penguins think they are on top of the world for who knows which way is up? Loved ones are with us still, in us, around us, especially on our minds, alive as long as we are.

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  15. TruedessaOctober 21, 2015 at 4:57 PM

    Hi Sherry,

    Sometimes it doesn't seem fair when that axis shrugs her shoulders. Someday you will be re-united.

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  16. Myrna R.October 21, 2015 at 6:07 PM

    Lovely poem. Romantic but full of love for the earth. How DO the penguins hang on? I love the lines in this it def does well with the gravity prompt.

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  17. Debi SwimOctober 22, 2015 at 3:29 AM

    Breathtakingly beautiful... when I got to the end I had to read it again.

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  18. claireyloveOctober 22, 2015 at 4:03 AM

    Oh, I wasnt expecting it to end that like. How poignant x

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  19. Jae RoseOctober 22, 2015 at 5:32 AM

    Loss is a terrible weight...sometimes we search and search but cannot find what we have lost..and need..another beautiful piece Sherry

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  20. humbirdOctober 22, 2015 at 7:38 AM

    Powerful words, Sherry!

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  21. HannahOctober 22, 2015 at 10:51 AM

    She i breath-takingly beautiful...Mother Earth.

    There's such a longing in this poem....I looked up the word leylines as I was unfamiliar and found this, "spiritual and mystical alignments of land forms." So interesting.

    Wonderful words, Sherry!

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  22. Gen Giggles October 22, 2015 at 12:49 PM

    To dive after the one who fell off would be a great defiance of gravity.

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  23. brudbergOctober 23, 2015 at 1:53 AM

    our terra firms can seem solid, but on the whole it's a fragile flower.

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  24. De JacksonOctober 23, 2015 at 10:22 AM

    Awesome!

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  25. A Cuban In LondonOctober 23, 2015 at 11:56 AM

    Beautiful. Especially the penguins. :-)

    Greetings from London.

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  26. GraceOctober 23, 2015 at 2:03 PM

    I love the ending Sherry ~ A lovely story, very unique take ~

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  27. UnknownOctober 27, 2015 at 2:06 PM

    This is told with that child like wonder. Tho the end is a bit of a tangle of emotions

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  28. IntelliblogOctober 27, 2015 at 9:06 PM

    Wonderfully penned, Sherry. I particularly liked the inclusion of the leylines!

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