© Erik Brickman 2005


Nothing man-made



Nothing man-made

can replace the simple wisdom

in the drying of a watery footprint

on a wooden landing by the lake

during a summer day, in all its glory.

Yet the same landing is man-made,

the watery footprint also.


So where do you draw the line

between natural and man-soiled,

between essential for life, and trivial?


I know I can't live without

the vanishing of a footprint

during a hot summer day

seeing the sinews of the wood

accentuated by that gradual demise

of the watery remains of a human footprint.


It touches that oh-so-quiet endlessness

inside the swell of my soul

where I want to be

nearer to the sun, in all its glory.




Poetry by Erik Brickman
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Written on 2005-09-29 at 12:51

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Firehawk
Ultimately nothing is real - and 'natural' and 'artificial' are cancelled within the resolution of dualism.

Wisdom lies in a natural state of being which lies in the realm of light that illuminates.

You articulate the dilema and the hope in a excellent poetic way.
2005-09-29


Firehawk
Ultimately nothing is real - and 'natural' and 'artificial' are cancelled within the resolution of dualism.

Wisdom lies in a natural state of being which lies in the realm of light that illuminates.

You articulate the dilema and the hope in a excellent poetic way.
2005-09-29


R.K.Singh
it's ultimately lost in the five elements. once can't keep anything, man-made, natural or even soul-stuff.
R K
2005-09-29


John Ashleigh
I only had to read this once and I knew the question you was asking, that IS a good sign. Well done with the originality. ;)
2005-09-29