Month: Jun 2017

I Create

I create
Layer upon layer
Expression upon expression

The new obscures the old
The old shines through the new

A temporal collage

Of overlapping insights
Expressions, realizations

Hoping, in the end
The sum of it all
Creates some enduring meaning

I look back
At times of impatience
Of diligence lacking
Decisive moments

Reminded of the virtues:
Steadfast focus
Attention to detail
And a good tripod

Symmetry denied by framing
Yet in smallest detail
Order unfettered

Under an empty sky
But for the lonesome crescent

And I
Becalmed
On the quiet sea
Furl my sails
Start the engine
Turn for home

To which I bring
This peaceful moment

In this land of
Oh-so-pretty
The comings and
The goings become
As much the point of travel
As arriving

Diminutive
Am I within
This grand design
Of laws and matter

Such that I
Go travelling
A great expanse
Or one so seeming

In truth
A journey of
A thousand miles
Is hardly more than one

In a universe
Far wider still
Than light
Has ever gone