Did you say it's made of waves? |
Light by Margaret Tait
Did you say it’s made of waves?
Yes, that’s it.
I wonder what the waves are made of.
Oh, waves are made of waves.
Waves are what they are,
Shimmeringness,
Oscillation,
Rhythmical movement which is the inherent essence of all things.
Ultimately, there’s only movement,
Nothing else.
The movement that light is
Comes out of the sun
And it’s so gorgeous a thing
That nothing else is ever anything unless lit by it.
from Margaret Tait: Poems, Stories and Writings (Carcanet, 2012) -- found here at the Scottish Poetry Library website along with a bio and other poems by Tait.
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