Wednesday, July 09, 2025

prayer for a future tide

hollows show with stars
in sequence all these years 
paralyzed only by the possibility
of time... if this world were mine
*
we'd follow the ripples on the path 
to where we widen daily treads
into the light, though the trail 
turns water as salty as tears  
*
the sound of the sea is
so close to the humming om 
of planets... of eternity folding--
dissolving all we can ever know... 
*
reversing presents and lines in black
days on the calendar and yet brings 
the urgent surf of every day 
where we learn to love
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Pic: Nu's photo of Amma, Chelli, and me. I love that that there are complimentary wheelchairs at most museums. 

5 comments:

Nicole said...

What a great photo of the three of you!
Beautiful imagery in that poem!

Gillian said...

Nice.

Jeanie said...

That IS a lovely photo of you both. And you're right about the wheelchair. They've saved my tail more than once when we were in England six years ago.

Life of a Doctor's Wife said...

I love "the urgent surf of every day" and "humming om." What a great photo, and yes, how lovely when museums provide wheelchairs.

Jenny said...

Beautiful photo and beautiful poem, Maya! I hope you all are enjoying yourselves!

prayer for a future tide

hollows show with stars in sequence all these years  paralyzed only by the possibility of time... if this world were mine * we'd follow ...