As a smoke from dying ember
Softly wafts so gently upward
Let my poem's labored burning
Still have warmth to touch your heart.
Though without a breeze to stir, it
Twists and curls in shapes fantastic,
Draws you into deeper meaning
My soul's shadows would reveal.
Let me give up all controlling
Other than to do you honor
Let me join in Nature's rapture
To which crickets lend their voice.
My song spread like smoke diffusing
Fragrance adding to your pleasure
Hint I'm ever in your orbit
Gravitas that has no choice.
Never block the rays of sunshine
God would cast in your direction,
Petals falling in your pathway,
Not His slightest blessing steal.
Simply let my love in passing
Echo truly what He's given,
Magnify His glow around you,
Content just to play my part.
Brian Johnston
September 10,2016
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
i'll take the warmth; i'll pass on the smoke! ! but not TOO much warmth. i'll have enough of that after i die! ! favorite lines: Though without a breeze to stir, it Twists and curls in shapes fantastic, and Simply let my love in passing Echo truly what He's given, Magnify His glow around you, Content just to play my part. ============================================== Hint I'm ever in your orbit Gravitas that has no choice. ................i don't understand your use of Hint here. do you 'want' a colon ........................................................................after it? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - grav·i·tas ˈɡravəˌtäs/ noun noun: gravitas dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner. a post for which he has the expertise and the gravitas synonyms: dignity, seriousness, solemnity, gravity, sobriety; authority, weightiness a man of gravitas antonyms: frivolity - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - too much 'love' and 'god' for MyPoemList, but........................... i DO like the poem. :) thanks for sharing. care to have it included in October's Section A? ? no pressure! ! bri :)
'Hint I'm ever in your orbit' is meant to suggest that the 'loved one' is always on my mind. And 'gravitas that has no choice' is meant to play off of the word 'orbit' as a moon or comet perhaps orbits a larger body.