Satori
From where are born
those little dreams
made only of words?
From the secret part
of my myriad mind?
Or is it someplace much,
much deeper, far beyond
any form, beyond time,
beyond even God?
I know not!
For each comes
like a solo songbird
suddenly sitting
on the sill of an open window,
singing its brief song
just for you...
whilst you try,
try hard to recall it all
and share it with a tiny,
tiny slice of this vast,
cold, and indifferent world....
And if you can catch the song,
(the song that is every dream)
and seed it into a poem,
then perhaps another
may dream and dream and....
Copyright © L. J. Carber | Year Posted 2018
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