Harmony Awaits

Harmony Awaits by Odin Roark So dissonant the surroundings A world in disarray Like but a discordant accompaniment The clamor of people’s and beasts alike Searching for the melodious link Senses arrest So many sounds and images Clashing for lack of attachment For loss of accepting absonant’s journey The unmelodious quest for harmony Like the oils mixing on a palette The de poisson of a dancer’s effort The diminuendo of a kettle drum’s fade into silence The verb’s finding of a perfect object So goes the many ways of inventive solution Yet Most accept the raucous way out Unwilling to step beyond the threshold of compliance Away from “that’s just the way it is” cliché Even though No different than the perfect coordination Of a baby’s practiced step forward Reaching out knowing security awaits A repeat of trust’s innocence Re-appearing as the harkening back When honesty knew only to be Solutions exist How pitiable So many steps result in distrust When a step backward Might reveal a fresh start A new open-eyed acceptance of The many roads unpaved Remember One can always start over Knowing more discordant experience Will undoubtedly confront But one is not destined To make the same mistakes twice Unless There is a need To create the lessons Over And over… Until they are learned Harmony awaits