By Your Standards

By Your Standards

A Poem by Kim

By your Standards

My Secret is small, only a single spec of dust to your eyes.
My Secret is innocent, merely a white shade in your mind.
It is harmless, soft like a feather. 

Yours are earth-shattering: A monumental difference.
Yours, a mountain rooted deep in the earth.
Yours, nothing but umbra.

But this little corn of sand is my world, so I'll keep. 
After all, I do not want to be struck down by it when the storm hits, 
no more than you want to feel the mountain crumble beneath your feet.

© 2017 Kim


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Interesting metaphors of the sand v the mountain, I am not sure of the word umbra but I like your bold usage of it. An interesting study in the phenomenon of secret keeping

Posted 6 Years Ago


Kim

6 Years Ago

Thank you :)
Wow this is also very very good. I love the imagery you use to emulate emotion. Well done!

Posted 6 Years Ago


Kim

6 Years Ago

Thank you :)
you have a most unique manner of crafting your words as thought onto paper
this is beyond good ...

Posted 6 Years Ago


Kim

6 Years Ago

Thank you ^^ I'm glad you liked it :)

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Added on July 26, 2017
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