The prompt for What's going on is Beauty
Beauty Matters
The
parched ground
of life is thirsty,
longing for meaning,
searching for happiness.
Are
we losing beauty?
Is that why the soul
falls silent?
Beauty
is love.
It speaks in tongues,
the language of quiet wonder
whirling in our hearts.
Not
the false worship
of neon-lit shop windows
or the god of glitter we kneel to,
which may dazzle again and again
but never become the fire
we
find in sparkling eyes,
or in the sunrise held in a baby's breath,
or in the hush that rises
when a slumbering lake
reflects a purple sky
and a mountain robed in snow,
standing guard over the moment.
So
we stumble onward,
hollow and unlit,
until the invocation of beauty
awakens us to growth.
Then
the heart remembering
swings open like a gate
into dream-days
punctuated by stars,
and the key of wonder unlocks
the universe we carry inside.
This is so beautiful, Marja. "Beauty...speaks in.....the language of quiet wonder...." Perfect!!!! I love your closing lines so much. Well, I love the whole poem!
ReplyDeleteDear Marja, this is really beautiful! You have tremendous talent!
ReplyDelete...the parched ground here sure is thirsty and some rain would bring some happiness to my garden.
ReplyDeleteHow true that real beauty isn’t in glitter or display, but in those quiet moments that stir the soul.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you describe sunrise in a baby’s breath and the hush of a lake. It feels timeless and deeply moving.
You have such a beautiful way with words, Marja!
Beauty truly is "the language of quiet wonder" and divine. Ostentatious lifestyle is so hollow. " the invocation of beauty / awakens us to growth.---I strongly believe this too. This poem is the soul of Beauty.
ReplyDeleteEvocative indeed. We are losing our connection to beauty in this increasingly crowded and mechanized world. We need to recapture a sense of wonder.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful poem for beauty's sake, Marja. Yes, I too feel we live in a society that has lost its way and fails to appreciate true beauty.
ReplyDeleteYour verses are so touching, Marja, this is truly an amazing poem talking to the soul!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing what the real Beauty means and for telling to each of us that we preserves it in our inner world, where the Lord put it. We just do have to rediscover it.
May your Sunday be filled with many blessings
XO Daniela @ ~ My little old world ~
Lindo poema. Me gusto la imagen. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteOh, this is gorgeous, Marja! Thank you for sharing such a delicate piece of poetic art. Your third stanza and those final two especially spoke to me.
ReplyDeleteMan, "Is that why the soul falls silent?" really made me pause. It feels like we spend so much time just stumbling onward and rushing through the week that we forget how to look for that sense of wonder. Thanks for the perfect little reminder to slow down and just breathe today.
ReplyDelete"Beauty is love.
ReplyDeleteIt speaks in tongues,
the language of quiet wonder
whirling in our hearts."
Gorgeous words in this, Marja!