From valley floor
Testament to
Reaching for the sky
I remind myself
The valley once
Was plateau
Thrust up high
Then worn away
By time and weather
I remind myself
The valley once
Was plateau
Thrust up high
Then worn away
By time and weather
In silence
I listen
In darkness
I find light
In mystery
I find insight
In questions
I find…
Let diligence
And patience
Bring on
The insightful
Flood
Let my spirit
Rise
From the flat
Featureless plain
That was me
My eyes, they cannot see
The fine details
In just a narrow band
Of frequencies
Insights and memories and loved ones come
But cannot fill the emptiness
A loss of self
Nearly as profound
As the loss of another
Touched
Heard
Smelled
Tasted
Seen
Reasoned
I am out of time
With the world
Out of rhythm
With the seasons of my being
Not to become
Icons of Hollywood
But to impress upon the inhabitants
Where the true source
Can be found