Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave (Spanish: Cueva de los Cristales)
is a cave connected to the Naica Mine 300 metres (980 ft) below the surface in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico.
we enter this sacred cave
and feel the flutter of crystals
threadlike diamond, lucent
blue mountains lift them like shiny ice pearls
but heat radiates & sucks sweet air
from our lungs
silver & lead blurs our eyes
the way sea drowns our walls to foam
the way stars overwhelm us
with their spinning light-
and feel the flutter of crystals
threadlike diamond, lucent
blue mountains lift them like shiny ice pearls
but heat radiates & sucks sweet air
from our lungs
silver & lead blurs our eyes
the way sea drowns our walls to foam
the way stars overwhelm us
with their spinning light-
Posted for Imaginary Garden for Real Toads - Transforming Friday by Hannah ~ Thanks for the visit & 55 Words for the G-man - Happy to be writing again ~
I love this likening to stars, especially. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks De ~
DeleteBe interesting to sea, not sure I'd want air sucked from my lungs though lol
ReplyDeleteTo sea or to see ??? I think you are only allowed like 30 minutes inside, then you have to go out or else the humidity will fry you ~
Deleteand beauty overtakes us...
ReplyDeletebut wow...i would not want to be boiled
in those caves...does not sound fun at all..
smiles.
how did the interview go?
Deadly beauties, smiles ~
DeleteHopefully good but I don't want to hope so much as a lot of peeps applied too - Oh well, if its for me, it will come ~ Thanks for the visit Brian ~
Grace...
ReplyDeleteYou always succeed in pulling us into your Head.
What a wonderful gift you have.
And YOU are a gift to us all
Loved your Crystaline 55
Thanks for playing, you are never too late
Have a Kick Ass Week-End
Thanks G-Man ~ Happy Friday to you too ~
DeleteYou have shown us a beautiful cave! It reminded me of caves I visited in the Alps two decades ago. Is it a place you visited?
ReplyDeleteI haven't visited this kind of cave in Mexico City ~ But I did visit a cave underneath the mountains before, but it was full of bats & crystals ~
DeleteThis is so beautiful, especially those two closing lines!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sherry ~
Deletecool one, Grace - especially the last two verses. Have a nice weekend ~
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend too M ~
ReplyDeleteI liked the flow, with an ebbing echo, like 'ice pearls' and radiating 'heat', 'crystals' and 'threadlike' diamonds, et al. That process lulled me along, enjoying every word and second of my read. Beautiful!
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Wow. Seriously cool.
ReplyDeleteLovely...and I agree...the stars can be overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteBringing such majestic forces as the sea and stars alongside these intense crystals is a great fit...powerful. Thank you for joining, Grace!
ReplyDeleteI drown in the heat of your poem while watching stars spin, drown in sea foam. Wow.
ReplyDeleteYour poem really brings out the other-worldliness of the environment, Grace. A place we long to travel, knowing it could kill us. Such is the heart of every explorer.
ReplyDeleteReally a cave filled with stars .. Wonderful Grace
ReplyDeleteThe mighty crystals...wow...
ReplyDeleteCaptured the beauty of the underground world Grace. Have a lovely weekend.
ReplyDeleteI thunk I was spelunking images are crystal clear
ReplyDeleteNot only do I feel the flutter of crystals ... I hear them in your poetry.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that's beautiful! Both the picture and the poem.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! I love the imagery you've created.
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