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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Perception

Maybe
It was the
Shadows
Of the tired night
That played games
With
My eyes
Or maybe
I was searching
An image
To embody
The restless volcano
In my mind.

For he stood there
Outside
My window
Under a street light
Prowling

And as i stared
Terrified
Through
Half open blinds
In a semi-dark room
I saw him
The Predator.

I sat motionless
On the floor
Concentrating
On the silhouette
Outside
Seeking
A tangible expression
To my fear
While he looked
Intensely
Sinister.

He could have been
A murderer
Lurking
In the dying breath
Of a wounded night.

I stared in horror
Throwing
All my hatred
And my hurt
Till
The image outside
Breathed
Evil
And i withdrew
In repugnance
Blanking
My mind
Of all the thoughts
Imprisoning me.

The first inevitable sounds
Of dawn
Woke me
From my reverie
The milkman whistled
As he cycled by
And
The pure nascent rays
Of a new day
Stroked
The fresh guileless face
Of an youth
Smiling
To himself
As he read the morning paper
Outside
My window.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Insight

I look behind to trace the way,
That I have traversed to this day.

I feel the love, I feel the pain,
Sunshine flirting with the rain.

In the crowd I walk alone,
Some faces known, some unknown.

I seek the hearts where I belong,
Shrug the others and walk along.

I hear a silent, deafening scream,
The careless murder of a dream.

I chase some thoughts gone astray,
Then sing a note and walk away.

A faded value, a mellowed pride,
Somewhere down, I toss aside.

A faith preserved to fulfil...
An intense prayer, a virgin will.

The gentle curve, the sudden twist,
Bring me to an endless mist.

I gaze ahead, and what I see
Is a changing vision called destiny.

I see a light in the mess,
And feel an invisible caress.

I shake my head and look around,
Someone lost or yet to be found?

Then all at once by divine chance
The waves beckon to join their dance.

The gentle swell, the high, the low,
The rhythm cajoles, and then I know ...
Time or space there has been never,
Between this moment and forever.

I hear the heartbeat of the earth,
The raison d’ĂȘtre of my birth.

I celebrate with the stars above,
Life and death and joy and love.