Crystalline Universe
Tiny crystalline worlds
Piling onto micro-universes
Crushed by the heel of my boot . . .
Piling onto micro-universes
Crushed by the heel of my boot . . .
Pristine Patterns
Echoing the winds of ages
Destroyed with the flick of a wrist . . .
I must sit inside
And watch the world through windows
So I do not break it.
This one is from the July/August/Septemeber 2000 issue of "The Poet's Page". This was one of the first few poems I wrote as an "adult". I just remember that Kira was quite small and everything around me, not just the snow, felt quiet and fragile.
Published by Tina Twito
I'm 39, with a wonderful husband (in Iowa), and a daughter who lives in NC with her hubby (love them both!). I write mostly children's stories and poetry (rhyming poetry, traditional poetry, haiku, but mostl... View profile
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4 Comments
Post a CommentSo resonant Tina- I often feel the same way about pure white snow piled on with microcosms of indvidulaity in each flake. Shalom Dear One Lady Poet of Note
I enjoyed the first stanza, creates a world inside a snow globe.
Awesome work (I LOVE trippy stuff like this!)
Tina, this is wonderful. It's as intelligent as it is beautiful. I have a thing for the word "crystalline" also. &)