The Wait
The beast was a snarling dragon,
below the surface it twisted and roared,
shifting earth and time
stood still, reversed, accelerated
till the sated serpent slithered away.
And the stars twinkled unconcerned
above the rubble, dropping light-seeds
onto the exposed ground. They would wait.
A quadrille for dVerse. The prompt word was star.
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 
I like this very much, particularly the way “time” can be read two ways: ” . . . [the snarling dragon] twisted and roared, / shifting earth and time . . . ] and “time / / reversed, stood still, accelerated . . .” Brilliant!
Thank you so much, Liz. I’m so pleased you saw that. 💙
You’re welcome, Merril.
What we do here below must seem so, um, miniscule, eh?
Awesome work and perfect choice of visual, M. Thanks.
Thank you so much, Ron. Yes, we’re just specks in time. 🙂
Wonderful work Merril!
Thank you so much!
I like the apocalyptic or prophetic tone.
Thank you very much!
Love what you did with this one.
Thank you very much, Dale!
My pleasure, Merril 🙂
I like the patience of those unconcerned light-seed dropping stars; not their first earth shaking dragon rodeo, is it?
No, definitely not the first. Thank you so much. 😊
Your ending is so full of hopeful patience. I really like that. I can just picture the light-seeds dropping.
“And the stars twinkled unconcerned
above the rubble, dropping light-seeds
onto the exposed ground. They would wait.”
Thank you very much, Ali. 💙
Dropping light-seeds!!! I can’t get that out of my mind!
Thank you, Luanne! Then I did my job. 😊
A really great poem, Merril. The stars twinkle while we humans try to destroy ourselves. The dragon still prowls.
That is it exactly, Dwight. Thank you so much!
You are welcome!
“And the stars twinkled unconcerned” Ah! Beauty in midst of chaos. 🙂
Yes, indeed. Thank you so much! 😊
great choice of pic to accompany you poem. they go well together
Thank you very much, Rog. 🙂
Eerily topical
Thank you for picking up on that, Derrick.
I love the way you decelerated the dragon and made time stand still, Merril. A beautiful fable quadrille. I especially love these lines:
‘And the stars twinkled unconcerned
above the rubble, dropping light-seeds
onto the exposed ground…’
Thank you so much for your very thoughtful close reading, Kim. Much appreciated, as always. 💙
Merril – where did you find the art piece above the poem? Was the poem written in response to it, or did it come after you’d written this? Both are beautiful!
❤
David
Thank you, David.
I’m sorry, I should have put in a credit line. I thought it would show up. It’s an image I’ve used before from Wikimedia. I had the idea of the poem first–thinking about the earthquake in Turkey. Then after trying to figure out how to end it, I thought of this image. “Starlight Sower painting by the international renowned artist Hai Knafo who was inspired by Or Zaruaa Synagogue in Jerusalem 2011.”
Turkey & Syria came to mind as soon as I started reading. And while the loss is devastating, its but a moment in our time and even less in the grand scheme. But still, the loss. Well done, Merril.
Thank you so much, Ken. I’m pleased you understood.
I love how you captured the emotion and movement of the image with your words!
Thank you, Ingrid.
The idea for the poem came first, then I remembered the image.
Either way, it works 😊
🙂
“dropping light-seeds” – love this
Thank you!
Wonderful!
Thank you!
Worth the waiting… better days are always ahead.
Good one!
BTW… the theme and layout of your page is always a pleasure to view. ❤
Thank you so much for your very kind words!
I love that painting. Perhaps those seeds will create a better world than we have done. (K)
Thank you. We can only hope!
Really lovely image and the phrase “dropping light-seeds” is also visually rich.
Thank you so much, Maria!
Dropping light seeds ~~~ how delightful is that? Love your quadrille, Merril!
Thank you so much, Helen
The image projected in this poem is excellent, Merril. Well done.
Thank you very much, Bill!
So they will wait patiently for the light seeds to take root. How precious. There’s value in waiting. Thanks so much for sharing. Lovely.
Thank you very much, Selma! 😊
Very beautiful writing ❤️
Thank you so much! 💙
I think there is nothing more patient than the stars… they have the time on their side while we consume ourselves.
Thank you. Yes, but even they die eventually.
Patience is a virtue.
I can wait for them to grow, too.
Stars in the garden would be amazing cool, just like thispoem. Thank you, Merril!
Thank you, Resa! 😊