Between | Wednesday Nov 19, 2008

The Sacred Flame

by Marin Sorescu

Throw a few more logs

on to the sun,

in a few billion years,

they say, it will

go out.

When there’s no firewood left

you can use the meadows

that could just as well have been woodland,

then the mountains, the moon and the sky

of which we don’t know for sure

that they are not wood.

Just keep throwing

something on to it,

a few logs,

a few lives.

For look, already a flicker

passes over our faces,

now they are handsome, now ugly,

now they are day, now they’re night,

now they are seasons, now years.

Galleries: Landscapes

Comments:

Beautiful shot.

Posted by 613photo on November 19, 2008 at 09:10 PM PST #

Amazing scene so beautifully captured.

Posted by sherri on November 19, 2008 at 10:06 PM PST #

Beautiful atmosphere..

Posted by Michelle (Artscapes) on November 24, 2008 at 05:12 PM PST #

tones, lines, and the moon, a perfect image, i'm lost of words.

Posted by pedro alexandre on November 25, 2008 at 03:46 PM PST #

This is one of your finest Eddie. Just perfect. Thank you,

Posted by lena breen on November 25, 2008 at 10:12 PM PST #

WOW this is so beautiful, needs to be framed and hung somewhere prominent

Posted by JJ on November 29, 2008 at 06:53 PM PST #

That's actually quite mesmerizing.

Posted by Mrs T on December 06, 2008 at 01:05 PM PST #