D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Coming of Age
Wed Jan 08 2003

Coming of Age

I am on the brink of becoming truly fine.

Like a bottle of wine

forgotten in some dark cellar,

by subtle shift in chemistry

and mysterious balance of elements,

without fanfare or witness,

turning the corner from ordinary to greatness.

I wonder if some wiseman will notice ?

His eye must needs be keen,

to recognize such quality

through a glass darkly.

But great will be his reward,

if he has the vision,

if he has the courage,

to coax this genie out of her bottle !

3 Comments

From:
Chaya (Unauthenticated) (Legacy)
On:
Wed Jan 08 2003
I betcha I know one genius who can coax that genie out of her bottle. Or maybe even join her.

Heh!
From:
RealmOfRachel (Legacy)
On:
Wed Jan 08 2003
Really like this, especially the parts about chemistry subtly altered and the line about 'through a glass darkly'. You make poetry seem so effortless! In answer to your question I despised the English Patient!- Too many hours of nothing to look at but sand and nothing to listen to but whiny upperclass Brits cheating on their spouses. I think my tutor was sent off by the cloven hoofed one without a hug, or has possibly been smoking an illicit substance with Robert Downey Jnr to come up with this assignment.

Anyway thanks for the support will keep you posted...
From:
Bookworm (Legacy)
On:
Wed Jan 08 2003
This was great, is it your own? Have you read the novel Blackberry Wine by Joanna Harris? It's narrated by a bottle of wine. ;-)