Robert Lindley Poet Free verse

As We Stroll Along Lanes of Truth, Lies Or Convenient Illusions

As We Stroll Along Lanes Of Truth, Lies Or Convenient Illusions

But if truth and light grace your soul
And a wisdom shields heart and mind,
You may in life hope for the best
As we stroll along lanes of truth, lies or convenient  illusions
And either we come to know or not know
That to this dark world- we are less than nothing.
O truth! Does life and love gift all we need
As that gaze from stars crying while looking down
We then, that are not born of eternal seeds
Wade through this ever changing realm 
Mired in the darkness which patiently lies,  waiting within!

In love we think we are flowers blooming forever
In gardens devoid of decay
Yet invisible beyond that veil
Are powers that seethe in anger
Things that seek to destroy, and eat us alive.
Such foreboding exists, as does ground beneath bare and roaming feet
Although in blindness we see only with limited sight we have
Prone to seek peace, love and beauty,
We conjure up fantasies and dreams
Illusions that quell our deep and internal fears!

Ah, gone are days of the magical gods
They which could be insured to take the blame
Those that set us into perils, into savage wars
In our ignorance we saw- the gods played and wreaked havoc
As we, heaped upon this world mysterious gifts of darkness
And paraded forth as if living was a mere game
A thing which we mastered, a monster we truly controlled.

And in that deception we saw imagined gods that we had conquered 
And we imagined the Gods that we had become-through our magnificent being!

Robert J. Lindley, May 20th 1989
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Andrea Dietrich August 22, 2021 at 11:29 PM This is so deep, Robert. I get the feeling of darkness in this poetry and noticing when you wrote it, Wow, it sure does speak to today!! Robert Lindley August 24, 2021 at 2:56 AM Thank you my friend. Your kind comment so cheers this weary soul. God bless...

Robert L. Hinshaw August 21, 2021 at 4:45 PM Thank you, Robert, for another profound and inspirational verse! Stay well - Bob H Robert Lindley August 21, 2021 at 8:10 PM Thank you my friend. Your words have cheered this tired soul. At least two now have saw purpose and depth in this offering. And that is enough.... God bless...

David Kavanagh August 21, 2021 at 2:58 PM What I can see here Robert is human intelligence becoming overwhelmed in a reality it fails to understand, you take us to the very precipice of reason, which in turn brings its own darkness as meaning breaks down, an absolutely brilliant piece of free verse Robert, and a Fave for me, cheers David Robert Lindley August 21, 2021 at 4:24 PM Thank you my friend. A gift to me that at least one poet gets it. This was composed 32 years ago. And is relevant today- even more so -imho.. That mankind inherently fears the dark but strangely so often refuses the gift of true Light and a better life... God bless...