Category: Architecture

The Mosque

Staggered by the
Scale as much as the
Stunning Beauty

All the lines
Are precise
And pristine
As to seem
An architect’s model
Atop his desk

Then I notice
The tiny figures
Taking photos and selfies

Come closer, dear
So I can come
To know you better

In your presence
I deliver myself
To your mysteries

Long have I known
Her beauty from afar
But I have longed
To know her in detail

In the day
This hulking grey
With windows dark
And broken glass

At night transforms
Bathed in warmth
A dinosaur preserve
In translucent amber

As the light rises
With the dawn of a new day
I wrap my being around the positive
To begin again the exploration
Of possibility

Sometimes
All a window allows
Is the light of some unknown source
To illuminate a deep
Unsettling darkness

Often
That is enough
To learn the nature of darkness
So I may seek the source
Beyond the world I know

It is not always the brightest light
Which illuminates the finest detail
I remind myself to investigate
What even the dimmest light reveals

Harder to hit
More fun to drive
A pleasure to touch
A challenge to follow
Tangle of wire
Plateful of noodles

Arc vs line
Hard vs Supple
Crooked as a fish hook
Straight as an arrow
The well-trodden path
The less-travelled fork

I love the things
Our human hands
And nature make

With light and mass
We shape the world
For beauty’s sake

I love the way
Mind renders lines
To pleasure me

Clarity comes
When I breathe deeply
So the light comes in
When I quiet my mind
So the mist comes clear