One glorious morning

I saw the earth juggling 
between two crown jewels -  

sunrise at the heavenly east
and westward -where the star-lit ivory moon sets

But my eyes are riveted

to ancient trees 
with no fruits nor leaves, becoming bones 

sinking deeper to soil

I embrace this hour 
in silence -

all my senses awakening
as the morning ripens, 
greeting me
with all the light it has 
& can ever give me

Inspired by the original work of Rainer Maria Rilke.

The hour is striking so close above me

by Rainer Maria Rilke

English version by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy
Original Language German

The hour is striking so close above me,
so clear and sharp,
that all my senses ring with it.
I feel it now: there's a power in me
to grasp and give shape to my world.

I know that nothing has ever been real
without my beholding it.
All becoming has needed me.
My looking ripens things
and they come toward me, to meet and be met.

Posted for D'verse Poets Pub  - Poetics - Cover Poems by guest Bryan.

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