The Rough Surface .

original verse poetry — and photos — . ^{- @d-pend -} ___ ![brilliantjaggedfoundation.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/QNDZLJEp-brilliant-jagged-foundation.jpeg) ![yellowroughroadstripe.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/LVQE4cXm-yellow-rough-road-stripe.jpeg) ___ ![pockedroughgrove 2.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/93rhiawY-pocked-rough-grove202.jpeg)

The Rough Surface

On waste oe'rstretching, pockmarked by decay with weariness of long mortality I wander parchèd, march but to allay my thirst for meaning. Harsh reality obliges not but raises gleamed mirage to stifle my despair and draw me on. In hints of glazèd stone, in sharp relief she paints the blueprint cryptic with deceit to reach the tribal council by their chief who holds forth with a loyal, slow repeat of the import of the signs oft seen that show their faces solely in soft dream. Here a hieroglyph, a blur, a tome, apocalpyse-averting scrawl, a scroll from haste and from unwisdom as they roam concealèd — rise of midnight to unroll the orders of the light, at break of day refine the sharp divisions in smooth change. Rough surfaces and grit, luminous grime that catch sunrays and set the world afire repeat, and seem to mimic in each clime the harmonies, discordances of lyre divine which strums the silent rythyms made symphonic, by conductor cosmic played. On waste o'erstretching, bending eye and ear horizonward, beholding beauty's veil I pause and blink, become the sated seer who finds dear rest upon the roughshod shale. The surface rough that armors memory is worn down low enough that I may see. ![phoneboothdistort 2.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/dnXYCVlR-phone-booth-distort202.jpeg) ___ ![jaggedfoundation.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/42JrHdNv-jagged-foundation.jpeg) ![thirdpock.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/BgHjUYS0-third-pock.jpeg) ![grittywindowreflec.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/kPXq0HWd-gritty-window-reflec.jpeg) ___ ![quadstrip 5.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/BUHToJ7j-quad-strip205.jpeg) ![phoneboothdistort 3.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/YCvNwgYU-phone-booth-distort203.jpeg) Original words and photos by Daniel Pendergraft (@d-pend) published on-chain April 13, 2020. ![pockedroughgrove.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/rzbQRVUy-pocked-rough-grove.jpeg) ![quadstrip 4.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/tvPCsaUE-quad-strip204.jpeg) ___ ![twosidestuc 2.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/Oe1COTsY-two-side-stuc202.jpeg) ___ ![mosstableedge 2.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/NPDUZoJQ-moss-table-edge202.jpeg) ___ ![degraderoadblock.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/MjOqkbbh-degrade-road-block.jpeg) ![twosidestuc 3.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/nLIyoI5s-two-side-stuc203.jpeg) ![quadstrip.jpeg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/d-pend/8RyAUxk9-quad-strip.jpeg)