CHANGE

Journey Journal Page CHANGE By Leon Enriquez Change comes around In a pin-prick poke Sharp as a hard yoke Not much of a joke Off-balance, aground A shaft of light In a piercing way Broken in free play In a dying slay As distraught feel fights ~~~~~~~~~ An abrupt flight As heavy chains goad Mind in overload Blown tyres on the road As deep dark blots sight A future bleak With stubborn ego Uncertain and slow Yet grinds blow for blow In grim mindset weak ~~~~~~~~~ Vain is the cast Of I, myself, me In lost tragedy Of strange irony Spot-on first to last Resolve that fear Discord with sharp change Bitter gall tastes strange Witness to odd range Devoid of good cheer ~~~~~~~~~ Thus in my soul My heavy heart strains My mind thinks in vain My body sustains A broken touch whole Where is the source Of my urgent feel Sad uncharted spill Lost cause beyond thrill Change breaks upon cause ~~~~~~~~~ Unease feeds plain Concern hosts lost wit Nothing in truth fits Fragments in odd bits Tying loose tact vain Is there a light? To show me just how Change can thus endow Poise right here and now In my dismal plight ~~~~~~~~~ Perhaps love can Re-route the mess Conquer strain and stress My deep fear address Glitch of a lost man So here I wait Not too late by me To wait on plenty That dream most surely By the gates of fate ~~~~~~~~~ Wait for the muse To sprinkle deep touch Strange music as such To prevail as much Taut nerves that amuse Odd yet not strange To arouse crisp sense Beyond mere pretence As feel fronts intense That dangling loose change ~~~~~~~~~ Here abides truth In a fine array Unconcealed dismay As aplomb portrays A hidden sure proof Now I know change Abrupt and aghast Neither first nor last But swirling that blast Too real to be strange ~~~~~~~~~ Leon Enriquez 06 January 2024 Singapore