Friday, November 30, 2012

Empathy

The path an eternity, 
time had lost its grasp.
Unbearable weight
...incarnate
within intertwined fingers
Had nature no discretion?
twisted.
robbed.

I had seen
but did not understand.
My own weight 
insurmountable

I looked again,
again,
and again
and finally felt
the tears
...suppressed.
concealed.
the weight
resting within those fingers.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Mosaic

Puzzled.
Broken shapes
unable to be reformed
...remain disjoint.
A witness
but not an advocate.
A spectator,
no role to play?
powerless?
bereft.





Friday, November 16, 2012

Adventure and War

Thuds against the door
"To adventure," says the wizard.
Refusal to be constrained,
free
imaginative
limitless sky
each new step having its own identity

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Colors muted.
Guises razed.
Signs of faltering humanity.
sadness
anger
limited to act
life itself devalued







Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Distance

Restless
Suspended in air, the floor just out of reach
...reaching still
A constant visceral pull
pining?
stunted

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Moonlit Ridge

Finally the ambient light of the kibbutz lost its eminence.  Clouds rolled past the moon leaving it exposed to reflect its lunar light.  The path's pebbles, defined only by shadows cast from the moonlight, cluttered every step.  Only a surefooted move would prove useful.  Wadis obscured the ridge trailhead, leaving a steep drainage for the ascent.  With all direction based on bearings, each slipped footing brought second guesses, doubts, and fear.

When all paths are concealed, can mere direction propel a person forward to keep walking, taking the next step?  It seems that when one is immersed in unfamiliarity, the search necessitates innovation and creativity whether during the journey or in hindsight.  The boundaries of a trail exclude the subconscious; the journey is prescribed.  Sometimes bearings are all we have or all we need, and when we leave the trail we subject ourselves to the uncertainty of our subconscious.  A fuller sense of self discovery is revealed.