Blinkers

Through restless decades I have tried to learn,
From journeys more mute than ready to teach,
Sifting through grains of sand of no concern,
Looking for truths clouded by half-truths’ siege. 
Days fill with bustle when I’m keen to delve;  
Not enough is gleaned, though I have inquired,
Save some blinkered thoughts of love, life and self,
Of this odyssey, oft the mind has tired. 
With narrowed eyes I have tried to behold,  
A clear sight of me and the whole true world,  
Till one day I found I am grey and old, 
And not half the wisdom has yet unfurled.
Long ago I came, a searcher at heart, 
In a light incomplete I shall depart.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Lu Avatar
May 20, 2019 at 1:37 AM
A poem of wisdom, a sign and a sigh of life. Well done, Bernard.
Chan Avatar
May 20, 2019 at 6:07 AM
Thank you for your lovely visit and comment, Stina.
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