The Big Picture

[mnaz]

Keep your eye on the big picture.
Watch its hair-trigger lens.
I can't fix a wide angle from space junk,
Nor killer screws loose from Sputnik,
Nor pillow-wisp hurricanes, too quiet,
Nor Apollo's porch on the moon,
Thumb-blue lifeboat rising.
Out too far.
Nor across oceans of salt-air sleep,
Nor across deserts of indifference,
Nor from the ancient city's edge,
Concussions of the righteous,
Muffled, ageless bombs....
Still out too far.
Nor from next-door in utter terror,
Neighbors crushed under rubble,
Nor from sacred canons of war,
Staked by a mother's anguish,
Because now we're too close.
Refocus the lens, recede
Back into the big picture.

[Arcadia]

I like it!
saludos,

Arcadia

[mnaz]

Thx, Arcadia.

That one's been kickin' around....
Now I can bury it-- move on out of these midwinter blues....

[joel]

Nor Apollo's porch on the moon

This one grabbed me--I am really enjoying the image of the Apollo's porch (which in my mind is kind of the footstool of the constant sun) on the moon (which is phased in and out and less than constant).

May I ask what was intended with it? I like it. Intrigueing (spelling?).

[mnaz]

Well Joel, I wish I could say I plumbed the richness of mythology for this one, but really, what I had in mind was NASA's Apollo moon landings. I hope this doesn't come as too much of a disappointment....

[joel]

No way! Much cooler! I hadn't picked up on that at all...so it's just rock(et)ing my world on a whole nother level. Dude....