like a weeping witness tree
in one's mind
such yet beheld beauty is
found in the actual carvings
I am not your ideal
yet nor are you mine
firmly entrenched
the focus of my mind is set
upon
what will be again
life
as
its always good
to at least appear
to be fully informed
untouched emotion
hails for me to speak aloud
sponsored verses yet to be
written
there for the heart stays fresh
throughout a life time full of
sun rises
as I seem to be forever foraging
in the lurking shadows of such
shallow existence
always lost
yet
rarely finding any real clues
physical matter is of so little
consequence in the spiritual world
it is simply not needed
shape is abstract
so
as to just exactly where
such pressing sadness evolves
one can only conclude
that it is the distance each is
being driven from the spirit
with many
its more than others
each life's leading
has a most necessary role
within me I know
all answers bloom
the grief from such torn feelings
of separation
is only a temporary ailment
an incomplete idea to the far too
limited human mind
the depth of one's considerable humanity
is but a glimmer of one's spiritual
guidance
for some
its even far less than a speck..............
(Feb. 17, 1999)