David Hyatt-Bickle Poet Free verse

My Pilgrim Journey Part 1

Closing my eyes shut in a pleasant doze
Within the warm arms of mother Anne
Safe from the unsteady and trembling world 
Within her arms of stability
Loved and smothered by all, cherished as gold 
In a garden of perfect order 
Filled with joy, without authentic glory 
She always whispered into my ear
Assurances of earthly achievement
Promises of mortal and worldly love 
Dreams of a near land of milk and honey 
For whenever I shall leave her care 
While in her arms, I heard a distant call 
A call from outside this cosmos, a Gnostic call 
I believed in that call, and set to seek it 
After I will inevitably leave her arms
The destined day came; she loosened her hands
Telling me that ahead was a bridge  
And assured me of milk and honey lands 
So, Anne let me go, and off I went 

I kept hearing the call outside this cosmic sea 
Far away, a sweet fragrance of life for me

Instead of a bridge, it was a summit
I was casted down to climb back up
And quickly saw the promised land of “joy”
The gleeful land of milk and honey
Was instead a land of smog and pitfalls
Lost and confused, with no guide or map
I trudged along, with no way to go back
Near the very end, my soul gave up
But my body kept going and searching
Blindly I fell into an abyss
Down to Sheol, where I took a short rest
I recollected the arms of Anne
And remembered her arms’ stability

I kept hearing the call outside this cosmic sea
Far away, a sweet fragrance of life for me

Taking a solemn rest, breathing a sigh
The path ahead became much darker
I entered the dark valley of the soul
Where an old phantom waited for me
That slept dormant since my entombing birth 
Was now awakened and tortured me
With only me sleeping keeping him back 
My soul was blown and tossed for six months 
By his unseen, all-consuming presence 
Every second of every hour 
Trying to deafen the call with wailing 
I recollected the arms of Anne 
And remembered her enveloping warmth 

I kept hearing the call outside this cosmic sea  
Far away, a sweet fragrance of life for me

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