Monday 19 October 2009

Elemental family

To gather rocks and build a house

To gather breath in springtime air

To gather fish from seven seas

To gather round a fire

To live


To life


To love

Together near a fire

Together swimming seas

Together breathing air

Together climbing higher rocks

9 comments:

  1. A celebration of togetherness..i like this

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  2. Such a calming and warming poem John, great ink!

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  3. Great transformation from "To gather" to "together". Poetics of plural is fascinating.

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  4. My grandmother always told me we were ancestors

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  5. I like this poetry but I don't share your thoughts about the sense and meaning of "family". I would rather write:

    "together... alone".

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  6. What a beautiful and heart warming poem. Thank you. I needed this today.

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