Close your eyes
visualize blackness
velvet starless night.
Leave your toy soldiers behind,
fine ways to change the world,
those they will guard.
Become as nothingness
that has purpose of itself
hold on to blackness
to velvet starless night.
The changing of the guard was just a dream
before the light came
on the face of the waters.
Liked this.Just having time to sit quietly and think, or let your mind become 'velvet starless night' is so important, but modern life doesn't let us do this. To do anything even remotely creative, time to empty your mind of everyday cares is vital.
Jennifer
Thanks for looking in, Anna.
That assessment is about right Steve, thanks. I've had some experience of meditation; I like to call it self hypnosis. I had the idea that you have to rise above all other demands if possible ! Hence the idea of keeping watch constantly. I'm intrigued with your reference, but not sure how to clarify it as I don't have a Bible !
HI Dorothy. I'm very pleased you liked this. I think my comment to Steve might give an idea of my aims. "Haunting" I love - it is a word that has many connotations within the poetry genre.
Ray
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Sat 27th Apr 2019 16:44
Ray
I keep reading this over and over.
I like the feel and sound of it but I am not sure that i understand it.
Perhaps that does not really matter, it has a haunting quality that i love.
Dorothy
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raypool
Thu 2nd May 2019 23:11
Hi Jennifer, thanks. I'm a great believer in suspended the mind, and a good start is to cover your eyes and think black - hard to do. It does at least rest the eyes , an old yoga trick.
Ray