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Friday, September 27, 2013

Light Bodies


"Washed in Light," photograph by David Noah
Athens, Georgia
September 27, 2013

Forged from Light
and Will to Be
condensing bits
of information

Spare abstractions
bare equations birthed
in time to earthen bodies
word and dust

Made humankind
where thoughts careen
through three pound prisons
fired by feelings

Primal scream
to tribal voodoo,
nursery rhyme
to alleluia.

A thousand tongues sing broken
rhyme, ten thousand voices vie
for time in neural networks
born to die, yet something watches

Deep inside 
freedom is a mirrored maze
with no path back
and branches split forever forward

Built atop the tangled byways
burrowed deep within the psyche
trapped by musty cells inside
the catacombs of joy and tears.

But out beyond all self reflection
past the chain of explanation
unconstrained by mere causation
life abundant whispers, dear

You are your light body
the woken one
serene as Siddhartha
sharing his smile

The soul of Yeshua
encircled by sinners
with stones in hand
and softening hearts.

Yours is the earth of Adam
the wind of Lao Tzu
the fire of Elijah, yours
the still waters.

Let go the deathly grip on grace
and loose the light body –
your own true face awaits
the joining.

2 comments:

  1. Morning, Bob,
    Now this is one to contemplate. Very interesting. I believe the only true freedom we have is in our minds, to pursue our thoughts as we wish. And those who give up the will to think for themselves become prisoners to the thoughts of others. This may be what you were pointing out, or maybe not. Either way, it was a good mental exercise over a great cup of Jan's coffee!

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  2. Bob, the resolution of the real and the ideal is always the human question -- it may be enough that we try to be good, or at least enough so that most of us can slide into paradise. A wonderful poem, and I enjoy the positive energy that your poems express. We all need more of that these days!

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