Trapped Water

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    Trapped Water

     

     

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    Trapped Water

     

     

    A cup of still water

    Just sitting on a table

    Shackled by the cup

    Unable to move

     

    Children run and play

    Unaware of the still object

    Weeks go by

    Weeks of sitting in one spot

     

    Of being untouched and forgotten

    The water becomes stale and moldy

    And the children dart around the table

    The cup is hit by a moving hand

     

    And it slides off the edge

    It falls

    It shatters

    The sound pierces the air

     

    And the children freeze

    The water may be wasted and lost

    But it is free

    Freed of the imprisoning cup

     

    No longer trapped and immobile

    Flowing and no longer fixed

    Independent

    No longer prisoner

     

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    KtIrish commented on Trapped Water

    12-27-2009

    I like the feeling of confinement and freedom in this. The metaphor of the cup of water is very clever. Well done.
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    iLuvPoetryJACOB

    12/28/2009

    thank you so much.

    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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