Saturday, May 22, 2010

the great romance

sometimes
i am overwhelmed
by the simplest things

a cloud


drifts across my line of vision
and somehow
in its passing
between two trees
i feel the deepest sense
of hope
for this planet


a belief
that this will always be

that rain will fall
that trees will grow

that the great romance
between earth
and sky
that alludes in part
to the deeper love
contained
in the allness of everything

will be available
forever
and always

28 comments:

Penny said...

I hope so too.

Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed. said...

Let's all do our best to make it so.

Elisabeth said...

The colours here, Steven, the blue of the sky, the green trees and white of the clouds are crystal clear and enervating. Thanks for the reminder, as if we need it, that nature is beautiful.

Aleks said...

I hope the children in dry,by wars and evil made by man destroyed country's can share our hopes and enjoy one bright day the same rain,the same green tree tops and marvellous views Steven.I happened to be in love with clouds,as I felt many times as a daughter of the Smiling Cloud!! Beautiful vision!
Love,light and peace!! Aleksandra! :)

hope said...

It's nice to know you're helping another generation, your classes, appreciate what we have and how to protect it.

Delwyn said...

Hi Steven

I have an on-going love affair with clouds at the moment...they are filled with promise

Happy days

Helen said...

You have captured the magical properties of clouds against a blue sky / green trees perfectly ~ with words and an image.

Tess Kincaid said...

Now THAT is an N. C. Wyeth sky!!

ellen abbott said...

It will endure though humans may not always be here to see it.

Tumblewords: said...

And always, the sky! Beautiful.

joanna said...

Beautiful photography and beautiful poems -- went down the list and read them all --- a great way to start my day with beautiful imagery and prose..a hope and a promise..love them all.

JOanny

Reya Mellicker said...

That's no ordinary cloud - that is an angel. No wonder you were filled with hope. A job well done by that angel.

Everyday Goddess said...

the grandeur that surrounds is astounding!

beautiful thoughts!

steven said...

thankyou everyday goddess!!! i am always astonished by the smallest and the grandest of the features of this world. steven

steven said...

reya - i love clouds, and you've been dropping in here long enough to know that but this was not just a beautiful cloud. it had something else about it and while i know that on one level it is a conglomeration of water droplets formed around little bits of dust, i also know there was much more there - as there is to everything in nature. steven

steven said...

hello joanny and welcome! thankyou for your very generous comment. i love to write and share the images of what i see. in my own understanding of my self in this world, i own none of it. i'm glad that it is here to share. steven

steven said...

hello tumblewords!! and always the sky . . . as i pass through this world i am truly amazed by it. i am glad that so many of my visitors share that sense. steven

steven said...

ellen - i often wonder at what point we'll leave and then how this world will adapt to our absence. we are a part of it after all! steven

steven said...

willow - it sure is!!! a peach of a wyeth sky! steven

steven said...

i'm glad for you helen!!! steven

steven said...

delwyn - that's just it - "promise". clouds hold it, sees hold it, waking up holds it. gifts. steven

steven said...

hi hope! i do what i can. it's interesting that the kids i work with actually have a less developed sense of what they need to be doing specifically to care for the environment than the kids ten years ago. strange eh! steven

steven said...

hey aleks! i hope that the children learn from all that we have done and then learn from what we wish and especially from what we see and know and feel and believe. steven

steven said...

elisabeth - you've probably had those experiences yourself. something enters your consciousness and you know that there's someting being said. something that needs you to share it. that's what happened here. steven

steven said...

bonnie - i look around me and listen and see a world that is slowly, oh so slowly becoming aware of its responsibilities to itself. it's not a matter of a lifetime. it's a matter of allowing everything to happen as it should. steven

steven said...

me too penny! steven

Golden West said...

I never get tired of the sky, night or day.

Unknown said...

VERY POETIC...I LOVE IT...I ALSO FOND OF LOOKING AT CLOUDS...TNX FOR SHARING