An Elemental Trough
My mother
filled me with yin,
metal from my father.
He tasted sweet.
I taste sour.
Universal soft as a dark shadow.
Depressed.
Swallowed
in a depression,
I am the trough of a wave.
My mother gave me earth.
I feel her in the spring
as the cold soil turns.
Elemental wood.
I am their branch.
And their lily.
I am cheered
by my own dark shadow.
It’s my yin.
Spill me over with purples
and blues. Breathe in my reds.
Beware of my black.
It is a trough.
My trough.
for dVerse Elements. According the Chinese horoscope I am a metal rabbit, yin wood is my element. I am yin.
14 responses to “dVerse Elements”
I love how you related with your parents and identified with the your own colors. The 3rd stanza is stunning creation.
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Thank you so very much.
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We are a wonderful mix of light and dark in our personalities! Loved your poem.
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We are what we have been and will become.
Constant evolution I think gives us freedom to grow.
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Most of these prompt poems have celebrated the self, illuminating our positive qualities. I admire how you didn’t just stick to that side of you but said, humbly, ” I am the trough of a wave.” Perhaps that is the strength of yin, to look at oneself wholly and to be at peace with what you see.
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We are all both the yin and the yang – enjoyed your poem here Misky. The trough of the wave is filled with the great power to crest, high into the sky!
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That’s a lovely sentiment!
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I love how you captured your parents in this… and to me it perfect sense… the heritage is the elements that builds us.
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Yes, that’s the way it seems to me, too.
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I was in the waves today, and there’s a lot of power in those troughs! They are where the force gathers. I like this poem, this glimpse of your parents, and what they gave you.
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Thanks, Sarah. This one sort of took on a life of its own. 😂
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Ah, but the trough is where the wave goes to regather strength to rise again! Good write.
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Thank you!
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I almost feel the darkness here as a safe and incubating cocoon.
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