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Disasters, Delights and Other Detours - 84. Cloudcover
When the words refuse to shine
but hide themselves behind a stratus shroud
beyond all earthbound inquiry,
their constellated meanings hidden,
I cannot navigate the tossing seas,
nor sight a sextant by their saraband
about the poles,
without a single syllable
breaking cover, peeking out to reveal itself
to eager eyes;
so like a mariner
without lodestar or cross staff,
one must heave to, out of the wind
and pray events blow not
upon a lee shore,
while the infinite phrases of deep space
and lyric nebulae of song
retreat beyond care’s scudding cloud-wrack,
ever changing and beautiful itself, yet
impermanent as sonnets
written in the sand.
Should you feel moved and are able sight your way clearly, leave a rant or rave or quibble here. I appreciate anything you may have to say.
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