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Kneeling
by a small pond
my soul watches
the mirror of the galaxy
in the green film
where hope still balances
the beginning and ending of time
until some day
the pendulum of the heart becomes too heavy
and the fossil fuels of reason darken the sky of thought
and the water of death falls into the sea of nothing

"where hope still balance
the beginning and ending of time"

is this grammatically correct or should it be
"where hope still balances
the beginning and ending of time"


Peter

Hi Peter - grammar and I are not the best of friends but to my ear 'balances' sounds better.
I think because you are balancing two things.

thanks cate changed it
Peter

Yes, Cate is right on.
It would either be that hopes balance...
or that hope balances.

Oh. And I like the poem. It has the deep murkiness befitting those thoughts.