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Only the Word Remains

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Memory fades like an old photograph Primary colors bleaching out to brown sharp edges melt like the sound of a laugh lost in a sea velvet fog flowing down round distant echoes of a pilgrim’s staff submerged in the deep, still, silence to drown in solitude. Only the word remains to pass on the truth in mustard seed grains Inspiring faith in life beyond the grave propounding an irrational thesis not provable but with power to save through prayer defying analysis. The everlasting word a Man once gave to us before his metamorphosis made it manifest in all its glory truth to tell a magnificent story

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Mahtab Bangalee

Date: 6/17/2021 10:56:00 PM

The past is gone far away; the history is nothing without crafted words~ yes, but yes; the true memory reminds all~ beautiful poem penned

Morgana Moon

Date: 6/15/2021 4:54:00 PM

Beautiful - I appreciate all the textures in this !