Not a Contemporary
pyramid outlines glazed against desert skyline
castles and teepees in recesses of her mind
daydreams and nightmares she couldn’t shake
through the modern world she tries to break
feeling out of whack
she struggles to look back
knowing her present does not seem contemporary
each incarnation is but temporary
only a famous hypnotherapist
finds a way her mind to untwist
“Many Lives, Many Masters”*
through time’s tunnel she falls faster
discovering what had once been blocked
now with the keys, past lives unlocked
her love for Native American art
born of memories carried not in her heart
but in her eternal soul
modern life just part of a whole
now she knows why she’s not contemporary
but feel no desire to be ordinary
*”Many Lives, Many Masters” was a best seller by Dr. Brian Weiss,
who used hypnosis to uncover the past lives of a patient suffering
from confusion and bad dreams.
Entry for Joe’s “Contemporary” contest
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2012
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