The Way

I've looked for a way in,
a tear in the silence
that walls whatever is behind
be it nothingness or being,
bright mornings that almost 
tip into the ecstatic, a blessed
oblivion where boundaries 
dissolve and all things 
become one, but the world 
always holds together, 
its forces fail to break.

A prisoner of form, 
my cathedrals are cathedrals 
of space buttressed by trees, 
a sacristy for the echoes 
of creation still sounding across
time. Forgiveness is the gentle
wash of rain and the frail beauty 
of a wildflower, white as snow,
is the candle flickering 
on the altar of the unknown.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Wolf Avatar
August 3, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Thank you for the gift of your profound thoughts, wrapped in a crescendo of images. Bravo, Paul! ~ Gershon
Willason Avatar
August 6, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Always a pleasure to receive your comments Gershon...thankyou very much. Sorry forvthe delayed acknowledgement, regards Paul
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