Ancient trees <br />Barks gnarled, <br />Convoluted roots <br />Knotted and heaped up at the base <br />Lichen covered rocks <br />Nourishing microbial life <br />Aerial roots <br />Clutching clumps of earth <br />With striated fingers <br />Earth aroused and suckled <br />By pregnant clouds <br />Rivers impregnated by silt <br />Rock faces, hills and mountains <br />Pumiced and embroidered <br />With violent imprints, <br />Laying bare a texture shorn <br />Of unnecessary frills <br />The ancient sage <br />Sits cross legged <br />With Inward gaze. <br />Stylused on his forehead <br />And on his hands and on his face <br />Rivulets of time<br /><br />leonard daranjo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-enigma-of-a-journey/
