Seijaku

Seijaku – 8-1-24 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seijaku Serenity abides with tranquility Abiding in beauty And deep respirations of satisfaction Ready Alert Overlooking tangled mazes of overlapping obligations Labyrinths of lists - And atonal demands. As the sun streaks past engorged calendars In whirly-gigs of heavy-handed chaos The shade of tranquility Stretches out Looming across the face of serendipity With the breath of the rose The whisper of sapphire jewels Born from oceanic bowers. In the shadows waits The gift of each rubric solved Pushing aside the tyranny of over committed - In dawns, and Aurora’s ballet in neon slippers, The spirit dialates, As moonlight drips from feathery boughs, Healed from epidemics of minutes Swallowed by a never resting pendulum. The poet arises, even blooms, Ignoring the cataracts of frail dreams When hurried footsteps and clouded hearts Still race infected by chaotic delirium Tripping over beauty’s outstretched boughs To see – to notice - To embrace Lavender, gently waiting, with amazement.