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I love the idea that it's the tundra speaking -- hadn't thought of that at all, myself. But it does speak, in its way. On 1/22/08, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > wonderful Sharon. it's like a speech given by the tundra (or by the > fox or hare that lives there), or a warning. > > KS > > On 22/01/2008, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > The tundra can soften, it can swallow you. > > An eye accustomed to mountains must learn > > to see small, to see the tiny pattern of lichen > > crawling across an unbounded landscape. > > > > Land and sea, both flat as paper, only a thin > > line between. Even the colors are close. > > A village set down here is an alien thing, > > an artifact on stilts, unlikely and unreliable. > > > > Here is a world without edge. Here there > > is no horizon. Here, you know you are small. > > The bear is a large thing. The sea is a large > > thing. The ice is a large and dangerous thing. > > > > There are people who know the tundra, > > but you are not of those people. You > > are small. You are weak, and all that > > you know is useless. > > > > -- > > > > > > ~ SB | http://www.sbpoet.com | =^..^= > > > -- ~ SB | http://www.sbpoet.com | =^..^=