Circles, Spirals, Cycles: Only the Beginning, by Lferion

[lferion]

Author: Lferion
Title: Circles, Spirals, Cycles: Only the Beginning
Text type / Format: Drabble Poem
Source / Fandom: Silmarillion
Prompts: New Year, Perfect Drabble
-- SWG: Challenge: Soundtrack (March)
"Only the Beginning of the Adventure" by Harry Gregson-Williams (from The Chronicles of Narnia)
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Notes: Four verses of 25 words each.
Summary: Where do you even start?




The year turns: is turning always:
Circles have no end and no beginning
So mark a start; pick a point
To say the year begins

The world turns: always turning, now
Globe spindled on an axis, spinning time
Ennor and Aman were once conjoined,
Sundered now the plane and sphere

Cycles turn, stars, suns, stones
That sail the upper airs, spiralling
Above the world of Men, the place of Elves and Ainur
In ceaseless dance

The heavens turn, we still beneath
Concentric and eccentric, spin, and counter-spin,
Defining space-time, point and line
What is a year? When does it start?

Comments

[hhimring]

Oh, I like that!
And it is very clever how you have combined the challenges!

[gabriel_seven]

So cleverly written.

I especially like;

Cycles turn, stars, suns, stones
That sail the upper airs, spiralling
Above the world of Men, the place of Elves and Ainur
In ceaseless dance

Thank you for sharing

[shirebound]

That's so creative. And it helps to remember that time isn't as rigid as we try to make it.

[erulissedances]

Great contribution in a style we rarely see.

- Erulisse (one L)

[starspray]

Wonderful!