Mindful

Mindful Startled out of nonchalant light, Wakefulness stands at attention Ignited flame from the eternal candle, Energized vigil of the watchman At the soul’s dawning daybreak Tingling in the presence Of every dappled infinite breath. Rotating eye of illumination Watchful, like a lighthouse beacon hovering, Charts rocks and shoals through clear oceans insight, Every nerve exposed in circumspection Sometimes cringing in wary expose Often basking in the light touch of satisfaction As niggling prophecy finds confirmation in revelation Throwing off the blinded penury of antonyms, Embracing flashing synonyms of wisdom, Tears of the heedful heart touch drab puzzles poverty To polish with refinement’s shine burnished enthusiasm For the incandescent dancing mindful Then banish chary strobes of destitute indifference Reaching beyond self-centered parentheses. A lantern of thoughtfulness in floodlights Of full harvest shared – no scattered crumbs of bread Baked to stone in scathing flashes of the false Eloquent vigilant splendor - never morning extinguished – Torch to awaken lambent radiance of clarity’s joy, Identity of the pilgrim heart, ejects sightless shades Mindfulness blends the conscious scattered fragments For Mosaics in clear lit portraits of charity's open hands Throwing off the numb stalker branded carelessness Born of intentional ignorance Seeker’s actuated incentive to the attentive – To hear! To see! To feel! To move in birth! Action invigorated by accentuated humility of grace. Date Written 6-10-21 Best #1 Poem - September 2021 1st place Trophy Win Poetry Contest - Mindful Included in Poetry Soup Anthology - It's Still Poetry