The View From Me

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anaïs Nin  


a world of mine - the world of me
it's all the world i'll ever see
the only world that's spinning free
one world i'll ever have and be
but oh how grand could i but flee
this frame of dirge cacophony
to wend a song or two (or three)
a softer strain - another key
of life where sharp and flat agree
where they and i and you ...
are we ...
well i can dream, yes i can dream
if i but shut my eyes ...

          ~

Impulse, enter
Senses and sensation
Stirred with an indexed intent
All one dark, filtered aberration
A distorted lens of chaos and care
Carnal portions, meant holy
Divine, meant irreverent
I sit upon the marble, blue ... twirl
Views change, but perspective is a cold mute
Blinded by my vatic eyes alone
Cursed to but one sill ...
Shattered.





~ 9th Place ~  in the "She Inspires Series - AN" Poetry Contest, Maureen McGreavy, Judge & Sponsor.

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John Watt

February 17, 2020 at 12:38 PM

Deep thoughts here. I love the line "another key / of life where sharp and flat agree". The shift in tone and style at the midway point signals a dualism of a sort - from ordered rhyme to free verse, from dream to curse, intriguing deep waters. Keep writing, my friend. Congrats ~ John

Robert Lindley

February 14, 2020 at 5:42 AM

Brilliant poetry my friend. We each see the world as our limitations allows us to see. Some see only dark, others see only light. The wise among us see both and understand that the dark rules and mankind adapts to its steady blackened flow. On the whole the few that refuse to play along see- the sky, Heaven and a life well beyond. Great poetry- a fav...