Headlamps
original poetryHeadlamps
.Incandescent pyramids
Like a pair of flitting arunachalas
Pull me through the sattvic caliginosity of night.
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[Conical obscurity and lux intermingled]
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{Time and its craven emanations}
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(Death's blasphemic orb)
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Absence and
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Eternity
Glossary
arunachala - sacred hill located in Tamil Nadu, India
sattvic - pure, superessential, serene
caliginosity - darkness, obscurity, mist
lux - light
craven - cowardly
blasphemic - blasphemous
Notes
I've always found driving long distances to be a rather meditative activity (especially on mountain backroads, very late at night.) I'm finally arrived back home to Boone,NC after several weeks of traveling for the holidays. I kept going through these lovely mysterious patches of fog and clear air as I made the final stretch, and I thought to crystallize this moment, this image of the bright cones of my car's fog-lights extended through the patchy darkness. The comparison of the lights to miniature Mt. Arunachalas was stuck in my head.This may well be the shortest poem I've ever posted to Steemit! So, I decided to make a reversed version as well. Which one did you like better? Let me know in a comment! I included the glossary of terms since I am employing some unusual terminology here.
Quick Update
I also want to apologize for being less diligent than I'd like to be with responding to all of your great comments, as well as generally not being too present on Steemit recently, other than just to post/vote! Now that the new year's kicked off and I'm back home I plan to really dig in to everything again! I'm so grateful for everyone I've met and connected to through Steemit since June 2017 when I joined. You guys are awesome. I can scarcely believe the way I've been welcomed into the community and can honestly say the platform has changed my life in many ways for the better. I started off with no daily practice of writing poetry/blogging and managed to become more prolific and consistent than I ever have with any art form, writing a couple hundred (mostly short) pieces in the past 6 months. I plan to keep that up, as well as expand into other endeavors, so stay tuned. It's going to be an awesome 2018!
Headlamps
.Eternity
.
And Absence
.
(Death's blasphemic orb)
.
{Time and its craven emanations}
.
[Conical obscurity and lux intermingled]
.
Pulling me through the sattvic caliginosity of night
Like a pair of flitting arunachalas
Or incandescent pyramids
Written by
@d-pend
1/9/18
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Photos
are of Mt. Arunachala,taken from Sriramanamaharshi.org
& edited by
@d-pend