Wind, a word <br />a force in the world <br />unreckoned in stillness. <br /> <br />Water, a word <br />the size of all seas <br />drowned in forgetfulness. <br /> <br />Earth, a word <br />that whirls stone beneath feet <br />life and death spun irregardless <br /> <br />Air, a word <br />hard as stone itself <br />aloof in providential purity <br /> <br />Metal, a word <br />hammered in its purpose <br />tastes like sun in eclipse <br /> <br />Fire, a word <br />combusted from desire <br />progenitor of arson and civilization <br /> <br />Wood, a word <br />striations of love-lost rings <br />born of leaf, air, water, earth song <br /> <br />Being, a word <br />we have separated ourselves <br />from unequivocal nature <br /> <br />Void, a word <br />invented to make life <br />seem like something certain <br /> <br />Consciousness, a word <br />inclines self toward introspection <br />falls lightly, a shadowy curtain <br /> <br />Love, a word <br />carved from God alone <br />crowns Islam along side Christianity <br /> <br />Trust, a word <br />born from living with insecurity, <br />knowing the wisdom of patience <br /> <br />Religion, a word <br />subjective unlike the sanctity <br />of holy unity-one eternal faith<br /><br />Phillip Michael Sawatzky<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/elemental-6/
