Better To Have...
I am preached toward the center
A sanctuary of balance—
Strange though,
That which I cherish
Most of life
Has always come
From the vague periphery:
A note stretched
Beyond the acoustical
Precipice;
A reverberation
Somewhere off and out
In the deep dark
Or light of soul—
When speaking of soul
All is taboo:
The priest condemns
And the heathen devours—
The rare individual
Stands strong against them all,
Not to judge
But to live and learn
The essence of grace
And Almighty Power
Of The Imaginative
Spirit—
Better to have dreamed
A nightmare
Than awaken
With nothing
Worthy of recall…
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yes indeed, Joe ~ love your lines
“Not to judge
But to live and learn
The essence of grace
And Almighty Power
Of The Imaginative
Spirit—”
Thank you, Linda; it is from the heart. oxo
– devotee1
…aside from your many words of wisdom, I found myself recalling famous movie scenes, I can picture russel crowe in suit of armour, looking for cool words to recite, they should have handed him this lot to read, it would have been excellent, I mean …it IS excellent, well done
bearwings, you have made my day! Blessings my friend.
– devotee1
Well..this poem brings me back to the prevously read…in questioning where are we really when we are not here….you love dreaming and you might learn to love nightmares as well, for the individuality, the origin when is not blessed, makes suffer those pathways. The preaching of the ones that do not beleive in Soul are peripherical…absolutely, and they are meant to tie the soul strongly untilit will shrink…and be suffocated..and then..they will mean that the Spirit will be able to penetrate into that narrow gap…not at all…Spirit cannot survive with flesh…without that centered seed of Life.
Rosa
We are all
and nothing at all—
we can dream
for eternity
or sleep for eternity—the consciousness
or lack of is ours to choose
“Is all we see and seem
But a dream within a dream?”
– devotee1