My Child, Thru This Prism
my child, thru this prism
is how the dragonfly sees
life in a myriad of perception
and what i wish for you to learn
from this prism, these words
are that there are many ways
life appears thru eyes
yours as well as another's
it is when you can see
thru the eyes of another
you will begin a garden
from which seeds were sown
will grow the most precious gift
you will ever give yourself
as well as a wounded world
full of selves taught hatred
the Gift of Understanding
it is a beautiful garden, my child
where even weeds are welcomed
it is in the tunneling of vision
myopia, that our lives narrow
the self-becomes centered, blinded
a peripheral world of nightmares
fearful of shadows, too soon mistrusted beings
who for the most part
are in essence harmless
it is therefore thru these words
this prism lie my hopes
seeking for you freedom
from the only human blindness, i fear
selfishness
as you gaze with the dragonfly
become one with it
test those wings of imagination
let the experience open your eyes
to a world bathed in the light
of understanding, feel as others feel
let it touch your heart
with the joy of compassion, wonder
the world was meant to be shared
be happy in that sharing
as i am in sharing life with you
it is thru the understanding of others
we come to see and discover ourselves
the path is circular
it is thru your eyes i see me
my child, i give you this word
heliotaxis
it means to grow towards
or away from the sun
choose the light
choose to understand
Phoenix 88 The Patient Stones
This poem was inspired by the Natures Company Prism, it is a device giving you what a dragonfly sees in the multifaceted vision of the anthropod's eye. After sitting at my desk playing with it and trying to learn how such a structure feels, the ancestral form of the compound eye, i then wrote this almost non-stop. here i remember Michangelo's remark that the sculptor merely chisels away what was always in the stone. i see what he means, quite clearly
Copyright © Timothy Ray | Year Posted 2022
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