Geoffrey Brewer Poet Enclosed Rhyme

The Actor

THE ACTOR

He in his life had played so many parts
Enriched them with beguiling vocal essence
Those icons wrought:  of such an incandescence
They still excite a lifting of our hearts

Yet with a sadness that he was beset
Averring that, save characters deployed
Down deep within lay nothing but a void 
That he was but a hollow marionette

But there he had unwittingly perceived
A fundamental truth of our true being
We can assert a part in life decreeing
We are not merely what is preconceived

A character compelled by rods and strings
Requires direction by a puppeteer
He who plays a part may yet the drama steer
Breath life into a role, and give it wings

If given choice: to be of nature planned
With form determined by another mind
Or take multiple parts to be refined
I choose the patterns drawn by my own hand

The being that we are and give credential
Is not a cast of clay manipulation
But godlike spirit blessed to make creation
A void with an unlimited potential

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Andrea Dietrich May 29, 2021 at 4:17 PM what a wonderful message inside your poetry. WEll done, poet. Geoffrey Brewer May 31, 2021 at 1:33 PM Thank you very much for your kind words, Andrea.

Quoth Theraven May 29, 2021 at 11:15 AM Geoffrey, A tacit voice found; and 'fundamental truth' in this poem The Actor. Told from one the puppeteer would leave whole, no longer bound by wire. -Richard Geoffrey Brewer May 31, 2021 at 1:32 PM Thanks as always for your thoughtful observations, Richard.

Gary Radice May 20, 2021 at 6:07 AM You are your own poet Geoffrey and all the better for it. Another great write that for some reason best known to others is devoid of the recognition it deserves. Cheers - Gary Geoffrey Brewer May 22, 2021 at 6:46 AM Gary, many thanks for your encouraging words - much appreciated.

Joseph P. DiMino May 16, 2021 at 6:00 PM Great spiritual truth, my friend. We are indeed totally free -- which means nothing in our environment is not of our own doing -- including our human form. We have the ability to willfully create by directing the powerful substance of Spirit-omnipotent. We can accomplish anything. Sadly, most of us spend our live just reacting to others trapped in habitual circumstances. Geoffrey Brewer May 18, 2021 at 1:27 AM Joe, Thank you very much for your eloquent and understanding response - a confirmation that I have not been entirely obscure in my verses.