Wednesday, December 14, 2011

The Magic of Loss



When something is lost

It’s important to see

What remains

This is a story about discovery







The bowl is more than empty

It's a chasm

And yet the swirling colors of memory

Are perfumed with a poet's music



No, let me explain

With scalpel in hand

The surgeon cut away

The pained and frightened queen



The young prince was left

To rearrange the pieces

In the tower of contemplation



He called the princess

out of her dark closet

To put on her gown and

Teach him how to climb trees



Together they are conjurers

Of magic swans and bees

They travel out to far off galaxies

And heal myriad spirits

Walk in dark places

Where wondrous beings perform



No one could have told me this before

That hidden behind every tragedy

Is a gift.

2 comments:

Pep said...

With every word you spin magic. If that comes from the chasm of loss - I thank it. Then again, life is loss so that there's room for the new to surprise us. Otherwise, we'd all be stuffed up and frozen. A hug is winging its way to you, love!

Stirling Davenport said...

Oh, thank you. Here's to not being stuffed up and frozen! Life is loss, indeed, and also gift. Hope I can keep to the center pole in between.