Purpose

There's an emptiness 
in the circus of my soul,

a perception 
that determines
the way shadows are drawn
across identical planks
and defines the depth 
of mountains and rays.

Day after day 
I complete these mood circuits
one fourty-five degree bridge 
to another

in a quest along 
an ace of diamonds,
looking for a purpose 
for the darkness
and for the light
that might enlighten a leaf
upon the tree of Man.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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