An Apparition
Here one second,
the next, gone,
with traces only in our hearts.
The ephemeral nature
of all life.
Our loved ones,
people and creatures,
here with us
for a pause in eternity
and gone for seeming eons.
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It is as the Hindus say
all “Maya,”
a dream of life,
an apparition,
some form of us
awakens one day
somewhere
we know not
when or where or how
right now.
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This entry was posted on December 4, 2013 by stockdalewolfe. It was filed under Animal & Landscape Photographs, Loss, Meditations, Nature Photography, Poetry and was tagged with Animal Photography, Apparitions, Death, Diptych Photography, Diptychs, Dream of Life, Dreams, Ephermal nature of life, Hindu religion, Hinduism, Landscape Photography, Life, Life after death, Life Cycles, loss, Maya, Meditations, Nature photography.
Comforting words. Simple and yet honest
yisraela
December 4, 2013 at 1:46 PM
Thank you, Yisraela.
December 4, 2013 at 4:44 PM
Beautiful poem. I love “a pause in eternity”.
December 4, 2013 at 1:54 PM
Thanks, Caddo. So glad you liked it.
December 4, 2013 at 4:45 PM
I love the idea of existence as a dream
December 4, 2013 at 4:35 PM
Interesting that you love that idea… I find it hard to detach and see it that way but will keep trying.
December 4, 2013 at 4:43 PM
me too, but I still wonder
December 5, 2013 at 7:32 AM
Love the title, it’s so appropriate for your poem and pics.
December 4, 2013 at 6:01 PM
Thanks, Genie.
December 4, 2013 at 8:06 PM
Beautiful – I particularly love this part, which really sticks in my brain: “Our loved ones,
people and creatures,
here with us
for a pause in eternity
and gone for seeming eons.”
June 8, 2014 at 6:19 PM
Thank you so very much– forgot about this poem. Glad it resonated for you.
June 10, 2014 at 2:04 PM