POEM: Journey

Journey

You hold up your hand
To shade your eyes from the harsh light
The landscape outside is rugged
Devoid of meaning

The planets spin endlessly
Stars explode
And gyrate outward from the center
An anomaly
The beginning of time

There is no reason
No sign we are on the right path
The heat is sometimes unbearable
At other times
The cold penetrates your bones

It is a long journey
Begun at birth
Carried forward out of darkness
Over jagged surfaces

Our thoughts congeal
A world projects around us
A web of meaning
Broken promises, sickness, death
We discover mortality
We balance over the abyss

I go, not willingly, but
Because I must, no choice

I chose a path
But not the journey
An infinite array of paths
Like spider webs surround
And I must find the middle way
Between the darkness
And the light

Moments of intense joy
The discovery of hidden meaning
In the heart of stone

Moments of pleasure
In the arms of love
We touch another’s soul

Moments of illumination
Ideas form
Between minds
Two souls as one

For a moment

And then it’s gone

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