Footstool (in collaboration with Zahra and advise from Arturo)

The Footstool

with grandiose beginnings

wrapping three walls

plied high with pillows 

Ottomane of velours d'Utrecht

life continues its pirouette,

igniting an ignis fatuus

shapes generating and erasing each other,

there is dark - and light there is

as if our cosmos filtered

on point 

lift your tired feet

place them on my back

as God is man finding place 

earth his footstool 

engineered within such architecture

we become grains of heaven

3/22/2015

E

                                                             

Reviews

[FOih;]

Engineered within such architecture

I feel this line encompasses the entire poem...a hand behind the creation of Earth, urging it to move...

But it is as you both have said (very eloquently), we are the Greater God's footstool, until we humble ourselves before God and creates again - this time transforming who we are into something beautiful...

[Einstein Noodle]

i love your take on this Arturo! your insightful and thorough .. that's why your advice is so good! :)
E.

[FOih;]

Thank you E Noodle!

[Zahra]

thank you very much Arturo! :) Thanks for joining in.

[Delmar Cooper]

Puzzled over this, scratched head, made faces , a moue even, trying to grasp the je ne sais quoi of the whole thing. Finally the lightning bolt it's a Feng Shui deal!

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha! so smiling ... we combine the French and Chinese so ubiquitously precise .. only in the scratching can one be satiated .. again .. and again .. ......:) thanks so much for making the day with reading and leaving traces of your visit .. thank you very much!
E.

[Delmar Cooper]

Thank you and your collaborators for the challenging poetry.

[Zahra]

Thank you Delmar :D

[ANTO]

I imagined the journey of life - birth - exiting the womb (walls of velour) and shapes (people, places, things) coming into our lives and leaving them - the getting tired (old age - if we are lucky to reach it) and finally becoming one with the earth again (grains of dust) - breaking down eventually into carbon - grains of space dust - 'heaven'.
Very elemental write and a fine meshing collab - :))

[Einstein Noodle]

i think i can safely say that your impressions will prove completely unique .. i wish i could say .. yep .. thats exactly what we were thinking of ... thanks for taking time Anto .. and a thorough earthy review
E.

[ANTO]

I knew i should have re=phrased that. I will E, now, I didnt mean to offend.

[Einstein Noodle]

oh no!!! meant as i wish i wrote that .. really .. these are the things the net fails us in eh!? talking over coffee! love you man! no re-phrasing please! :)
E.

[ANTO]

No, not a problem - I was a bit OTT (not like me I know lol) with that one. I changed one word without changed the semantics one iota mate. Im happier with this one. Love you too man !! :))

[Zahra]

thank you for sharing your perspective ANTO :D

[KWP]

we become the grains of heaven that we already were - you be the foot stool and I shall be floorboard holding you up underneath - as I see through my own grooves in the wood the earth chancing me to return once again to where I once was - as the dust picks up and lifts the earth back into the wind, I watch on as the particles mingle with heavenly stardust - the wind whips up some more the stardust floats up 'the powers above' nostrils to release an almighty sneeze and well what do you know ... there we all are in a parallel universe but this time I am the footstool and you connected once more with the ethereal ...

and again we remember to flow ...

well I dunno - that's what I got our of your fine collaboration - LOVE TO YOU BOTH XX

[Einstein Noodle]

incredible review and impressions .. sent me on another journey :) thank you very much KWP .. the cycles of life and the mixing of all things .. condensed in one big sigh .. or a good hardy cleansing sneeze :)
E.

[Zahra]

Wow, thank you for this wonderful review KWP. :)

[Bright Ocean Star]

E, You and your friends have created a beautifully poem. I really like the last two stanzas, and the last line especially. It reminds me of Atlas holding the world on his back. Well done.

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you very much Bright Ocean Star!! love your impressions of Atlas ... i am thinking of all your moniker implies .. Bright Ocean Star .. ebb and flow of tides .. shining lights in sky .. and waves upon waves of sound .. thank you for visiting and typing your review .. and leaving so much more ;)
E.

[Bright Ocean Star]

you are welcome...:)

[SleeplessVolcano]

What a vivid and deep expression, using such a simple tool, like a foot stool!.. Reminded of Newton's quote....".if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants".....Hope I am not reading too much into this, but in a positive way, we may have a "foot stool" season in life, when things are pressing down, and we are taking the heat. However, change will come - we will not always remain beneath, but by bearing our burden patiently, our days of "being the footstool" will end, and we can take up our divine purpose when the earth, and everything in it, becomes our footstool.....:)

[Einstein Noodle]

this poem hints at a lot of things in hopes of readers being satisfied with the experience and "divining" ones own meanings .. i am gratified you are looking deep .. thinking about relationships with God and earth and man (in the universal sense) is not easy and can be discomfiting for sure ..love your visits Sleepless and your insightful comments ..
E.

[Zahra]

thank so much Sleepless :D

[~]

Going about and acting life by spinning around, only to find self in dizzy spells, where the deceptive goals (thank you for the ignis fatuus:) tire the best of us. And will the solace be found while resting our feet on this very much self aware ottoman? If yes, well I need to get me one of those.
A great collaboration piece that I enjoyed reading very much!

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks moons! ignis fatuus is from Zahra .. and i agree .. it is a good one .. in fact this morning talking with lovely Norma i related to her some of the recent new words i learned .. from your poem and from Zahra actually .. love your take on this .. deceptive goals for sure!!! and our need for solace as you say .. appreciate the time you spent here ;)
E.

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Holy s**t! Phew... and that last verse...infinite! You got it going on E :)

[Einstein Noodle]

your enthusiastic comment actually gives me a chill .. and flushed face .. and welling up of heartfelt emotion .. so grateful for your visit and review lynn .. be well!!
E.

[Zahra]

Wow, thanks for this energetic review! :D

[stars are far]

That was a very great description, you did a great job here. keep it up my friend :)

[Einstein Noodle]

good morning stars (as it is morning right now) always good to have a friends visit .. i appreciate your time!
E.

[stars are far]

I hope you had a bright morning and you have a good day :)

[Zahra]

thanks you stars :)

[....................]

From the point of view of the footstool comes this short but profound piece, causing us to pause and reflect on 'life's pirouette'. Typically, the Ottoman provides guaranteed comfort but with it's mock-velvet covering (juxtaposed against its 'grandiose beginnings') and the friar's lantern burning 'foolish fire', one cannot help but feel misled or duped by the Ottoman's promise. Perhaps even those rejected from hell need a place to prop their feet. Indeed there is light and dark in this poem and God is responsible for all. A great collaboration folks.

[Einstein Noodle]

when people read with attention and respond with reviews like yours .. it makes it so worthwhile to remain in cafes like WC .. and continue learning and sharing .. thank you FT .. thank you for taking time .. and for your fantastic review!
E.

[....................]

You are all welcome E, but really it was my pleasure. It's difficult not to respond when a piece such as this moves you to do so. - FT

[Zahra]

thank you very much!