A Deed

Facing one’s self is a deed

as long-reaching as planting a tree;

Reflections create roots

burying into the soul

travel arterial highways

embedding in the ground

from which we emerge

the same being

visibly

until the green shoot of a new idea

bravely makes itself known,

born from the trials

of navigating the deep,

strong from a foundation

of intertwined ponderings

hopeful in it’s reaching to the sun

as the reflection changes

transformed from what was

to who is now

and who one wants to be.

…..

Fleur Talieh Missaghian

24.06.2011 (in Chengdu… For Ben Lockwood)

…..(Image from Stock Vault. Photographer: Berdnik Oleksander)