UPDATED 05.19.14: Here’s my reaction to Sandy Henry’s challenge…enjoy!
The air is thin where you are and yet I gasp for air grasp at stones climb higher ever higher to wheeze in a forever moment. You aloft in Prakriti laughing with your fellow demigods and yet I can see you there which means I can be there too. But how? But how? The climb up Babel has left me dizzy my heart lub dubs slower my skin blues with the surrounding sky. Oh let us know one another sweet lord You can walk in my space but I can’t seem to walk in yours what to drink? what to take? to transcend from this fake reality and join us for eternity? I know. I feel I know. Let the last bit of air leave me So I can finally breathe. -Von SimeonSandy Henry created this poem and performed it at a recent event. She then posed the challenge of creating a work, any kind of work, in reaction to her poem. I’m up for the challenge; how about you?
I’m gonna do a creative reaction and post it Sunday evening. Whatever you decide to do – photo, poem, prose, song, freestyle – send me a link to it. You can post it on your blog, just make sure to give me a touchback. 😉 Sandy is looking forward to our activity.
Happy creating!
The Archives of Von Simeon 
I hear you talk
even when you think no one’s listening
I see the signs that you make
hoping to get it right this time
I see & know it all
and yet find myself rooted to this place
meet you soon, I said
the promise still holds true
time it will take, a lot
but I’m not going anywhere
come around that corner
by evening, the crowds would have thinned
even the guards needs some rest
by the pearly or the iron gates
slouching against my own shadow
wait I shall
for I know you got the message
this time around.
Thank you for the contribution, Rambler. Exceptionally powerful! Relentless hope…love that knows no time restraints…wonderful.
I embedded mine in the post. 🙂
Thank you… in fact thank you for the opportunity! and it’s a great idea of a post and I hope that we can get more people to contribute.
It was my first attempt at a collaborative post. I’ll find another topic to whip people into a frenzy!
If you’re reading this and want to participate, go ahead and post when you’re ready 🙂 All art is welcome.