A Hammer Blow to the Ice – v2

Maybe the metaphor shouldn’t be

pebbles thrown into the pond,

ripples expanding outward, spreading;

maybe the more apt analogy

the hope, and the trepidation

for a day focused on our issue

is the idea of a hammer blow to the ice

to change the course of a glacier

to right the scales of justice

the ice becoming thin and melting,

or just growing perhaps, the changes,

the hollow thunk and shock waves below

Creating cracks, fissures,

the faint then growing thunder

of the cracks building, splitting,

shards of jagged edges,

calving without apparent order

crushing, falling into the ice stew

to ponder and explore

seeing a rise of justice

equality between peoples

across the planet, rising

from the kernel of an idea

to focus on our issue,

at least for one day

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edited October 16, 2014

A Hammer Blow to the Ice – v2

October 15, 2007 1:14pm

A Hammer Blow to the Ice

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/10/hammer-blow-to-ice-maybe-metaphor.html

edited October 16, 2014

Ripples on the Water – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/10/ripples-on-water-v4.html

(editing original again)

edited January 21, 2014

Ripples on the Water – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/01/ripples-on-water-v3.html

Edited December 14, 2013

Ripples on the Water – v2

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October 15, 2007 1:09pm

Ripples on the Water

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