A Poem For Today - Under Ideal Conditions

[KEN DICKINSON]

Under Ideal Conditions

Say in the flattest part of North Dakota

on a starless moonless night

no breath of wind

a man could light a candle

then walk away

every now and then

he could turn and see

the candle burning

seventeen miles later

provided conditions remained ideal

he could still see the flame

somewhere between the seventeenth and eighteenth mile

he would lose the light

if he were walking backwards

he would know the exact moment

when he lost the flame

he could step forward and find it again

back and forth

dark to light light to dark

what's the place where the light disappears?

where the light reappears?

don't tell me about photons

and eyeballs

reflection and refraction

don't tell me about one hundred and eighty-six thousand

miles per second and the theory of relativity

all I know is that place

where the light appears and disappears

that's the place where we live

 

Al Zolynas

Sent from my iPhone

[John Jai Conley]

A beautiful invitation to possibility.

Thanks, Ken.

Jai

The way you look at things is the most powerful force in shaping your life.

John O’Donohue

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "A Poem For Today" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to poet2+un...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/poet2/966A02F0-1A3C-4333-8DCE-31BD3A6F6D90%40aol.com.

[Isabel Torres-Carrilho]

Brilliant!

To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/poet2/CADkNEVhzHL7aFVi56o56p-_xJcoLvsepkTOmqiovD4-y%2BS%2BRLw%40mail.gmail.com.