The Horizon of Perception
If you stare at the sun long enough,
your eyes will become the desert
they’ve always failed to see;
Just beyond the limits of their
perception. Empty, dry and tragic.
If you stare into a pool of water
long enough, you’ll see the vivid
reflection of years meant to wade
through relevance, yet stopped short,
trapped in the irises you’ve held
in a skull destined to become part
of an ocean’s reef; another story
lodged in the coral of ironic distraction.
If you read these words, and look into
yourself
…just long enough
You’ll see a life meant to be defined
not by the elements around you,
but by the intention in which you
choose to see, and be seen.
The ripples in the water,
made by your stroke could
drown you, or push you further
toward a destiny written in the
eyes of elements curated by a
glow not of the sun, but of your own.
You are at the helm,
twaddling notes, denoting
the curious expectations of
a young drifting sum of celestial
coordination. Where you go is
up to you. What you see, feel,
what you hear, taste,
What you change…
is in the heart of each moment
you continue to turn the cogs
of understanding, and breathe in
the truth of why the wind pushes
you toward a horizon that continues
to stray.
-James Kelley 2014, All rights reserved.
Copyright © James Kelley | Year Posted 2014
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