Change is a funny thing
Sometimes it comes so fast
Nobody can keep up
I still remember
It came to me in late December
Found me lost in the chill of night
Wound tightly in grey cords of emotion
I could hardly breathe right
My breaking point therein became
My break-through
I have transformed
In ways not all can detect
As ambiguous as a lady serpent
Whose verdant coils of flesh
have dragged the grassy fields for many a day
Against rough-edged mossy green boulders
She unremittingly casts off her old skin
Yet her scales remain the same shade of emerald
If you asked me, I'd tell you...
But I prefer to veil it like a secret
Like a burka laden muslim beauty; hidden
Somewhere behind the mirth of my smile
Or beneath the endless spring of my step
No, I'll keep it in a golden locket
Precious as a timeworn photograph
Tucking it close to my heart
Away from prying eyes
No, I'll keep it in a golden locket/Precious as a timeworn photograph/Tucking it close to my heart…lovely expression! What a beautiful poem Nika! Loved reading it…10
This is an exceptional work, Nika. I think some mythologies say that emerald is the stone that conceals the goddess....Now that emerald snake and the vision of a goddess....Magnificent, Nika!
Part 2. you had be feeling as if I were standing there watching it Against rough-edged mossy green boulders. You have WoW descriptive skills. That last stanza was perfect - -absolutely perfect in its quest for privacy. 10+++++++++++++++++ and onto my fav list.
Part 1. My breaking point therein became / My break-through - - - - ] that is as succinct and powerful a piece of wisdom that I have ever seen. Welllllllll done! ! But your skills continue- -that description of the movement of that emerald serpent was so spot on,
I have transformed In ways not all can detect As ambiguous as a lady serpent Whose verdant coils of flesh have dragged the grassy fields for many a day. as always your excellence is in your beautiful expressions. wrirte dear poetess. you are talented. tony
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Sometimes change comes fast and we witness this change. But having transformation is of course to develop self. This poem is definitely very interestingly and brilliantly penned...10