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Humble Utterance
by Alison McKenzieAnd so I live
From behind these eyes -
Earthen only in reflective pools of glass;
A view that can only occur
From the inside-out.
And what I regard
That is not inside me,
Is still inside another,
Simple components
Of a larger whole,
Teeming in quantities
Too large to calculate
With instruments made intelligent.
The spectrum of words limits,
Cannot possibly convey the entirety of it,
So many, tiny grains of expression
In the sands of existence
On a planet full of stones.
Still, I fill my brush
With humble utterance,
Stroking a scene in language,
Sending these small thoughts
Into ethers
With hope.
02/22/2010 Posted on 02/22/2010
Copyright © 2024 Alison McKenzie
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 02/25/10 at 12:30 AM As I read this, it felt like a leaf, kicked up by the wind and flung into the twilight. Thank God you and we do continue to try to make ourselves a small part of the big Whole-iness. Thanks for this lovely poem, Alison. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 03/26/10 at 04:56 PM We've got to get you published, my dear. I, also, am humbled by your words. |
| Posted by Morgan D Hafele on 04/28/10 at 02:58 AM this is absolutely wonderful. thank you for sharing it. |
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