ompholos
06-11-2004, 09:23 PM
Strong, still, steadfastly stagnant stands the stone...
stalled, slack, static untold millenium...
ground down by the wind, rain or time alone...
no growth...no advance...only tedium.
The weed sprouts forth growing by leaps and bounds -
never quite content, but sure of his goal.
Opress him and hate him, pound on the ground.
Leaves may be squashed but his roots remain whole.
Water and sun beat down day by day.
While one accepts both pain and gain with wonder
the other blindly ignores drop and ray
until roots split the massive rock asunder.
Life stayed by safety many would advise.
To me the life of a sage seems more wise.
This one's ancient (back when I could count the number of sonnets I'd written on both hands) but I recently reworked it after reading a book on meter.
stalled, slack, static untold millenium...
ground down by the wind, rain or time alone...
no growth...no advance...only tedium.
The weed sprouts forth growing by leaps and bounds -
never quite content, but sure of his goal.
Opress him and hate him, pound on the ground.
Leaves may be squashed but his roots remain whole.
Water and sun beat down day by day.
While one accepts both pain and gain with wonder
the other blindly ignores drop and ray
until roots split the massive rock asunder.
Life stayed by safety many would advise.
To me the life of a sage seems more wise.
This one's ancient (back when I could count the number of sonnets I'd written on both hands) but I recently reworked it after reading a book on meter.