Napowrimo April 11th, 2022
Today’s prompt, to write about something large. I chose the largest thing I’ve ever known
It begins, exquisitely, with a deft touch of the serene.
A soft, white flax seed that floats into view,
A glossed green acorn dropping into a dusk-dark still pool,
And from there, it germinates and grows.
One perfect ripple inside a ripple, inside a ripple,
Each heartbeat pulsing the former first world outward,
Ever outward, into space, expanding unrelentingly,
Till the wane begins.
Then the galaxy explodes its vacuum from within.
One step for a very long journey, but where to begin?
Tranquil thunder roars, filling every atom of space,
Silence is the only sound to echo in this place.
A solo solar system.
Missives & Musings 
I love the imagery in this. Bravo, Graham! 💕🙂
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Thank you very much
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I love the way your poems begins serenely and gently and ends with silence, and used movement and sound in between, especially the amazing oxymoron ‘tranquil thunder ‘.
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Thank you so much Kim, that is very lovely of you to say.
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There’s almost an echo — but a liquid floating echo here: “One perfect ripple inside a ripple, inside a ripple,
Each heartbeat pulsing the former first world outward,
Ever outward, into space, expanding unrelentingly,” Lovely hit to the senses
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Thanks Elizabeth, I was trying to get the pulsating rythmn of the expaninding circle to replicate the way loneliness expands in bars across frozen wastelands. Nice of you to reflect as you did.
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Then you nailed it. Bravo.
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One perfect ripple inside a ripple, inside a ripple,
Each heartbeat pulsing the former first world outward,
Ever outward, into space, expanding unrelentingly,
Till the wane begins.
This is stunning imagery. I especially like the line, ‘ripple inside a ripple, inside a ripple’ – just saying it sounds like a ‘silent echo’.
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Thanks for taking the time to contribute to my page. When I wrote that line I only had the one repetition, then it struck me, we are pushing line after line after line, so add another one. It felt right and I’m glad it struck a chord with you.
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