(Image courtesy: Carl Warner's photoshopped creations)
Footprints
On the sands of time
carry
Experience
Between folds of skin
Wrinkles
Soften rugged terrains
Buried
In tenacious bones
Bound
Remains a landscape of
events
Narrated
In sun-kissed scripts
Enclosed
In melanin sheaths
Wisdom
carries on the journey
For Kim prompting us:
Oh very lovely. One of my fave responses to this prompt. I love "wisdom carries on the journey." Thankfully, it does.
ReplyDeletelove the sun tanned scripts
ReplyDeletevery nicely scripted
I like the way you lead up to the powerful last two lines. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteage and body flowing together
ReplyDeleteLoved the lines Wisdom carries on the journey. Life nicely described.
ReplyDeleteLove 'tenacious bones' and ' sun-tanned scripts'~ love how wisely you have chosen the words.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
nice...i like the wisdom in our skins....the sun tanned scripts...really nice progression in this...and i like all the references....
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