Light falls in but cannot escape
So I climb to highest ridge
Carrying unsubtle hope
Else bathe below in light’s deceit
So I climb to highest ridge
Carrying unsubtle hope
Else bathe below in light’s deceit
There’s calm there
I fight my way toward it
Seeking the source of such peace
But bucked and buffeted
By the tumult
I make no headway
In the intensifying storm
I’m no brave soul
Blazing a path of wisdom
For others to follow
Such youthful fantasy
But never left
My own backyard
Nor taxed my powers
Of creation
Just let Nature
Take her course
Then revel in
Her machinations
Camera and I lying
In long grass
Ants trundling
Across thighs and calves
Dragonflies
Hover and dart
Seek mosquitoes
And deer flies
No life
No green
No creatures
Scurrying
(Or so it seems)
The Earth
Our home
Bedrock beneath
Space above
But solid ground
Spins us round
Cycles of life
Always turning
In this shroud
Of anonymity
I allow
The self is free
To explore
Deepest edge
Furthest field
Darkest path
So I may
Emerge again
Into light
Lit within