Water Strider

[Ed. Note--Meeting other writers is one of the great advantages of attending BRMCWC. At our last conference I had the pleasure of meeting Lochlanina Tobey, a poet. She has been kind enough to share some of her work. Below is her poem Water Strider.]

Water Strider

by

Lochlanina Tobey

Lava lamp shadow bubbles blend merge

rush across the rockbed of stream.

Barely visible the surface

holds the skimmer, this is

the burden water bears.

What are ships and floating fall leaves

to compare?  The skater sits lightly

on the water like air,

air trapped in microseta

and nanoscale grooves,

the hierarchical structure of the leg,

which shapes the hemispherical vortex

at the leg - water interface.

Science can explain the magic

bug, how it walks on water.

The miracle, so empirically observable

and still we cannot know what faith it takes

to believe the inflexible

surface tension, like truth,

like stepping out of the boat.

Comments

[Lochlanina]

Good choice, Alton. That's my favorite of the ones I sent you.

[veneal]

Lochlanina, so poetic, so deep, so what our faith should be. blessings to you, my friend

[Accidental Poet]

Lovely. For more of Lochlanina's work published on the Internet, check out the gallery archives at www.utmostchristianwriters.com

[Lochlanina]

Thank you, Susan. Susan's poetry has also been recognized by Utmost Christian Writers in their annual contest. But I was reading her wonderful blog, Accidental Poet (great name), long before I knew that.