Another Road Less Traveled

They are nothing
if not taciturn--these sprit travelers.
They do not shock, or ridicule,
for  they are single-minded in their quest
for timeless realms where magic dragons play
and roar for joy that cannot be contained--
unless they are ignored for brighter flames
that drown the seas around their mystic shore.

They are not much
for words or diadems of thought to sway
the psyche, win the day, or call to arms
a soldier, surfeited with war or from
a restive peace,  Theirs is the steady breath
to leave one breathless, voiceless, more removed
from what a dawning day reveals  than they
had ever been before, and more in tune
with universal song,
    
although they do not sing,
for their metier is listening. and that
is quite unspeakable--they do invite 
us yet, to take their hand and come along.
The journey is not wearying , and rest
awaits the patient ones.   Vacation at
the cosmic level is the prize received
unending and forever new,
                  ~
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Aderounmu Avatar
August 5, 2012 at 3:38 PM
Nice poem Robert. Hope you had a great sunday.
Ludden Avatar
August 5, 2012 at 4:21 PM
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