Into the Blue
Hold fast to the blue cried the stones and the trees answered reaching far into the sky as the roots pushed deep into the rocky ground grasping the dark earth
Hold fast to the blue cried the hawk and the clouds answered pushing through the water fixing the hydrogen and oxygen into raindrops as the sky darkened with swift lightning and dense thunder
Hold fast to the blue cried the heart and the tears fell hot and hard to water the ground bringing the roots of the soul past the trees into the clouds to fly with the hawk into the blue.
Kathleen G. Everett © 2012
holding fast =)
keep hanging on ! : ) K
I enjoyed this, it is lovely !
So happy you did, thanks! K
Beautiful. Really loved that last line.
Thank you, Nara – I appreciate you stopping by! K
this has a really beautiful flow to it…the repetition to start each line is effective…it builds in emotion as it goes on…and has some wonderful imagery as well….
Thank you, Brian. Love your ‘Postcard’ Provocative and moving – and the ‘butterflies…’ took my breath away. Enjoy the rest of your week and safe travels going home. K
Beatiful!
Thank you so much, Ruth.
Oh my, this is glorious!
Thanks, Susan!
This is truly beautiful…enjoyed reading very much 🙂
Many thanks, Louise, so pleased you stopped by. Wanted to tell you that I am knocked out by your beautiful poetry. K
This has a spiritual element to it. 🙂
Hi Angie – thank you – that is such a nice thing to hear. Have a great evening! K
I love this! Mostly likely because I feel that way sometimes.
Thanks, Sandy. I am happy you liked it! I appreciate you dropping by and taking the time to comment. K
Hi. The repetition of ‘hold fast to the blue’ is very effective. Jane
Thank you – I am still playing with this one – wrote it on the fly and now doing the hard work of editing! I appreciate your comments. K
Hi. I think all poetry is always ‘in process’. I am curious… if you make changes to the poem, will you do an edit to your blog post? Jane
I actually have made edits a couple of times already from the original post. Many poems that I post are fairly quick writes with some editing – probably shouldn’t do it that way. But I will work on and edit many times after and most of the time, will not go back and edit the original posted poem. What is your process? K
Hi. I want to keep the work as up to date as possible, so I do go back and make edits from time to time. I work and re-work poems many times, usually before the post. It would be interesting to see the before and after versions. Jane