Sculpture

The Creator took flesh, sculpting it into

a form to make my hands tremble

and my mouth go dry at the sight

of such curvature perfection.

And he gave you eyes that

capture mine and lock;

freezing my brain yet

simultaneously melting my heart.

And last, he took a soul and split

it, half into a male, the other female.

And infusing two bodies he said, 'There,

let them long for, until they find each other.'

Reviews

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Beautifully written... I wrote my thesis in college on Plato's Symposium, which exerts that originally there were three sexes...man, woman and the union of man and woman. I won't go into the details, but basically the gods became angry at the pure joy experienced by the "united souls", and chose to split them down the middle and thus leave them always searching for their other half. Your piece reminds me of the story. There is a great movie called "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" that tackles the idea of this--it's an off the wall film, but there is a song called "The Origin of Love" that you might want to listen to...it will remind you of your piece :)

[Mark]

Tbank you Sarah, I've long held the belief that divinity can be found in the union of male and female. God is neither male nor female but composed of both.

[Cassie]

This is among my best from you, you are good really good.

[Mark]

thank you so much Cassie :)

[Archangel Gabriel]

Ha Mark Adam and Eve as if planned in an interesting poem that can be read as fun or as a serious piece. I am more of a Darwinian myself although it would be good sometimes to have someone to blame for our faults lol

[Mark]

Who's to say Darwinism and intelligent design are mutually exclusive? My father believed God worked through nature and evolution to create us. I believe the force of life, the ground of all being exists and is what many have come to call and worship as God.

[dw817]

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Beautiful wire sculpture !

There is a saying, "God is coming, look busy." Truly I don't think man or woman has ever rested on their laurels, not really. We are always striving and surviving. Always looking for someone to share our lives with.

And sometimes we spend an eternity in our searching. But - as they say, there's time yet for a great many things, be vigilant and be diligent. :)

[Mark]

yes sir! Vigilant and diligent! :) Thanks for reading my friend :)

[dw817]

Well for you I add DRIVE CAREFULLY ! You've got the biggest vehicle on the road so lotsa people wanna see you safe. :)

[TL Boehm]

wow aint that the truth. It feels like that - a soul split in half. Wonderful poetry.

[Mark]

Thanks TL, I think it does. :)

[Augustus]

Extremely concise but extremely poetic. Three short stanzas and three levels of intimacy eloquently portrayed. The carnal first, where you speak of curves. Longing comes next, where you speak of eyes. And finally, the ultimate form of love. Not two souls, but two part of the same soul, searching for one another. Beautiful progression of thought. I think you captured something truly sublime. Thank you for sharing this!

[Mark]

thank you for reading Augustus! :)

[Augustus]

you're welcome :)

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I like the way you have pieced this poem together and I think that the image works very well with it.

[Mark]

thank you sheema, I really liked that image as well. :)

[Angi]

I really, really think that this is a true thing, Mark. There is a perfect someone out there foer everyone and I have seen people searching for that something! When (if) they finally meet, it is like lightning bolts landing when their eyes lock. It is not a good thing when your soul mate lives on another continent and you are afraid to fly, though. It can be like searching for a needle in a haystack. Angi~

[Mark]

Another continent? You have a secret to tell Ang? :)

[s y e]

I loved the imagery here, Mark -- Excellent work as always. Your wording always tells the story perfectly and I loved that picture, too!

[moog-drika]

i enjoyed visualizing this poetry... it's really great! ^_^