Friday, September 20, 2024

In Exchange for Enlightenment

 

We need extraordinary verses. 

Trying to keep up with it. Gelid miles, 

cogent walls. A fever at times, said 

distant at moments. So much to humans, 

trying at humanity. Dry deserts. 

Cactus stress. It was nice to feel parts, so 

infatuated with it. A life after 

itself. Like hearts can’t hide. A soul is a tornado cast to seas looking for closure. It was hard to love. Time kept running. I see parts of it, demanding its legacy—birth of skies, or empty space. Each soul is immortal. It’s difficult to think otherwise: that deeper self. I wander down thoughts, wondering about more, presuming, as a necessity, more is inevitable. Some are pleased for a time, once made familiar, some things grow dull. I don’t imagine finding the more I seek. It might not exist. Others might fall into it, assuming a position, a little touch of heaven. (The mind mocks itself.) 

No need in speculation. Most anything 

was first a conception. I envy souls 

that’ve figured life out. Makes one wonder. 

It’s critical indifference. It seems definite. I gather feelings, see science, a few are gorgeous. To need to embark on a journey; to need a certain combination. I envy those madly on heaven’s grove. To pass through, as passing by, relegated to memories. Mislead. It must be celestial, insanity, to cherish beyond understanding, to adore surpass all wisdom.  

Strumming a Harp

By language we speak to audibility and coherence. To compose to feel understood, in spite of language applied. A person spends years misunde...