20. frozen motion

Like the frozen motion of a ballerina

dancing the swirl of a swan,

or the captured moment

of a gymnast’s ribboned rhythmic gyration

this is beauty

natural poetry

in the landscape.

Here there is no judge

awarding decimal digits

and the possibility of gold;

here, there are no gathered multitudes

showering their applause.

Here, you perform your perfection

in the quiet muse of gentle breeze

for my solitary eyes.

So I have captured your captured moment

frozen your frozen motion

and hold your gyration

in a photograph

to share

in another landscape

and the natural

poetry of beauty.