Friday, August 08, 2008

Answers

In the fake gypsy tent
the old woman says: Ask.
Concentrate on your question while I
shuffle the cards
rub the crystal ball
stir the tea leaves.
One time I would have killed a pigeon
and read the entrails—
health regulations, you know.


But I don't want to be given answers,
I want to find them.

I want to walk a thousand miles to find a spring in the desert.
I want to dive into the maelstrom to bring up a pearl.
I want to climb into the osprey's nest atop the tower
that hums with secret cell-phone messages
to find the magic ring in the belly of the Salmon of Wisdom
who was captured while climbing the fish ladder at Bonneville Dam
to escape hungry sea lions.
I want to search the heart of a live volcano for a single giant crystal
of dark-olive as hard as a diamond and cradled in strands of gold glass.

I won't ask you for an answer.
Just point me a direction
and I'll go.

Collection available! Knocking from Inside

9 comments:

Bonnie Jacobs said...

I love these images! I especially like imagining the osprey who could almost hear "secret cell-phone messages" and the salmon "who was captured while climbing the fish ladder at Bonneville Dam to escape hungry sea lions." What a fate, eluding sea lions and being caught anyway while on the ladder to freedom.

White Rose said...

This is so beautiful! "I don't want to be given answers, I want to find them."

Living the answers! the imagery is wonderful! Thoroughly enjoyed reading this!

Gemma Wiseman said...

Inspiring! There is a sense of fantasy that begs for a connection with reality! Beautiful imagery!

Fantasies of a Lifetime said...

That is a wonderful thought. . .Whats the use of living if we were given answers to all our questions. We gotto find them ourselves. .Lovely, well written :)

Annie Jeffries said...

Brilliant. Inspired. Seek and you will find.

b+ (Retire In Style Blog) said...

Pointing the direction is harder than simply making up an answer...a word of wisdom. Never ask the question unless you can bare to hear the answer...it is my mantra.

b

danni said...

that you want to find the answers along the way will surely enrich your journey!!!

Patois42 said...

Adding to the chorus, I must say I love the imagery you've used.

LibraryGirl62 said...

Beautiful! I wanna go too, but my path is different.