Monday, September 22, 2014

i was there . . . .

there are many visions 
within me
as i turn inwards and find
in all its awesome harmony
the universe
the seething oceans under a lightning ridden sky
and the unbelievable applause
that resounds from the corners of emptiness
eternal music, 
each galaxy playing a different tune
a different theme
as the first cell 'happens'
in a frozen moment 
of time.

i was there at that moment.

i see within me
in the forest valleys, animals
that would one day become man
learning their lessons of love
and hate
and the abstraction
of dreams.

i was there again
when animal man
put his finger to his breast
and eyes wide with the discovery of self, said,
"i"
and "am", and "me".

i was there when
he made us understand.
we fell on our knees, 
all of us,
even the toughest, roughest ones,
weeping with the joy and the challenge 
of "i".

all this i would sing to you now.
you who have forgotten the magic of being
and know only
the drudgery of survival.

you have shut your mind
to the memories within you.
i tried.
but cannot feign death
any more.



........................................................................... paul

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