It chauffeurs the car,
It paddles the canoe,
It pilots the plane,
It steers the ship.
Sometimes it’s a restless wanderer,
Sometimes it’s a calm flowing stream,
Sometimes it’s a raging sea,
Sometimes it’s a howling wind.
Nothing is more estimable,
Nothing is deeply seated,
Nothing is far-reaching,
Then the human's lamp.
We don’t decide its vessel,
We can’t restrain its departure,
We can't barricade its flow,
We are of ourselves helpless.
Like a trodden earthen vessel,
It’s sometimes broken,
Like the sun in the midday sky,
It sometimes glows.
The onus is ours to channel it,
The duty is ours to rekindle its waning glow,
The task is ours to assemble its broken pieces,
The responsibility is ours to rely on its Sculptor.
September 15, 2022.
Categories:
estimable, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
there …
is an Other …
an oppressive weight that balances -
entropy demands it
as does all that is precious and estimable
the bright of the day demands it
the surety of each heart thrum
the value of life and love and kindness
demands it …
each moment given to care
each tender tear let in passion's stead
every wild and wondered thing
depends on its sacred depth and darkening
we dare not breathe its ancient name
yet without it, all is valueless -
without it, all is ruin …
its lack would ensure far worse than doom
for even doom, the echo of hope, has a bearing
indifference and apathy would flood its absence
and all that's exemplary would forsake worth
no shine or lilt or ebullience would remain
even the sweet belly laughs of children
would be drained of their joy
and life itself, its import and motive
indeed …
there is an Other -
patient and rooted as the heavens
and far, far more more eternal …
but beware its eager arms
and sweeter …
kiss.
Categories:
estimable, appreciation, dark, life, love,
Form: Free verse
They do not tell you,
When you're cast to clay,
That you will come to find,
Clay so estimable.
Categories:
estimable, religious,
Form: Free verse
I, henceforth, known as the respirer, do
solemnly swear hereafter, to take you in,
in sufficient quantities to ensure
continuation of the flesh's animation.
I additionally, do accede my heretofore,
essential need of your estimable service,
and express my desire to continue our
mutually beneficial, ok, parasitic, relationship
Being, as you are, substantive to well-being,
I wish to publicly, and, without reservation,
acknowledge, my sincere admiration for your
valuable and well known qualities
By any and all conveyances available to stated
respirer, procurement of your services is
to be distributed to every cell of said being
equitably and on an as needed basis until
such time as service is no longer necessitated
I, the aforementioned respirer, do in earnest,
testify to my intent and necessity for
a continual contractual relationship, with you
In short, you breathe life into mine
© Goode Guy 2013-04-26
Categories:
estimable, desire, health, humor, life,
Form: Narrative