Jeju Island, a beautiful Honey Moon Island in South Korea is made up of solidified Volcanic Rock. The totem-like Idol, their island symbol, is made up of this same Volcanic Rock- it is so light in weight porous and yet it is a very hard sturdy rock...


Alone I stand, like a Rock

Alone I stand, like a Rock
Purified by purging fire of sufferings
Tempered by hardships of life to steel,
Molten lava of burning desire
Solidified into a volcanic rock-
Hard, yet porous,
Solid, yet light...

Pure, rock like, steeled against life,
Alone, I stand with titanic courage,
Like a cliff jutting out into the sea of existence-
Hard outside, molten inside,
Sensitive to elements,
Impregnable to harsh winds of life-
Facing the life
With volcanic pride...


Author: Zoya Zaidi
Aligarh (UP), India
Copyright©: Zoya Zaidi

Pic. Pinnacle Ridge Point Lobos



Poetry by Zoya Zaidi
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Written on 2007-07-10 at 21:31

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John Ashleigh The PoetBay support member heart!
Zoya! Alone you are not. You are one with this peice of writing.
2007-07-16


Shraddha Manvi
Lovely write (as usual).
2007-07-15


Zoya Zaidi
My dear Ben, You got it all wrong! I think there is an element of malice in your remark- what ever your reason... This is not love of suffering (masochism in other words)! I am not your typically Indian suffering woman, idealized by the mythological legends for obvious vested interest of men... This is about endurance, about standing pure like a rock, in face of adversity, not with standing the suffering of a sensitive soul... the gender bios does come in here at all... I hope this will help? And you will refrain from tongue in cheek compliments!
((No Hugs))
No Love!
Zoya
2007-07-11


Saga
The kindness must always be protected from the toughness of negativity. Great one Zoya
2007-07-11


penfold18
If they could talk what tales they would tell, springs to mind as usual wonderfully written Zoya.
2007-07-11


lastromantichero The PoetBay support member heart!
hi there Zoya this is a wonderful poem and so demonstrative of you wonderful range well done rgds Mike
2007-07-11


M Heathcote
Hi ((Zoya))

Never resting upon your laurels
You bring into life the living forces
of the innate world
in a profoundly moving
and as ever beautiful way...
2007-07-10


Amanda K
Admire this piece. It tells a lot.Beyond words.

love,
2007-07-10