Delved underneath the church, a simple crypt
Exists which fosters deep poetic drive,
Carved like a tunnel, - length, a putter’s drive.
Rebounding echoes mirror manuscript
Years, tears, dissolving, melt Time’s mask tight-lipped,
Portraying Janus. Words flow from the hive
Transmuting dusty thoughts to honey, strive
Eagerly to seed emotions. Clipped,
Decrypted links, thrice sifted, surface. Whipped
Pegasus is stubborn, cannot thrive,
Only through empathy may leap alive,
Energies unbridled, harness slipped.
Magic music, timeless melody,
Sends messages to set the spirit free.
Within Man’s mind momentous energy
Is stored, encrypted, waiting for the day
The karmic key is found, masks shed away.
However, 'while we're waiting', blindly we
In inner turmoil smother liberty,
Nor seek to share the secrets of the Way.
Each in his cell lets cancer spread. Who may
Allow soul space to surface forces free ?
Creative links we keep confined, in fee,
Harnessed over lifetimes, kept at bay.
Mind and matter, separated, stay
In abeyance, sad futility.
Nature’s codes we may one day decrypt,
Dealing Death a death-blow, shadow’s crypt ...
Author notes
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- WHAT LIES IN THERE? by R S Adams Jr.
1000 points, ended September 10, 2007, 15 entries
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I love how you created the poem by expanding the imagery around it as if it were life itself bursting forth from the mind of a poet into existance. Great work
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Romeo -
Superb
Aye, indeed. Reminds me of a wide variety of non-denominational spiritual teachings, including, but not limited to Wicca, Teaching of the Inner Christ, Unity,
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started well
at first i liked what i was reading but half way thru your wording baffled me i guess i should have made a note to keep it simple my fault not yours
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Congratulations
Very nicely done with your acrostic. I think this is my favorite line:
"Clipped,
Decrypted links, thrice sifted, surface."
Excellent. I had to study up and do some thinking to grasp this one. Nice work. So pleased to see shiny gold on this piece. ~Pamela
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wonderful work-impressive acrostic
From the transitions of Janus to the flight of Pegasus, the poetic magic spirals unbridled in the enigma of a perplexed and timeless spirit.
The vocabulary is exquisite with paradox of thought, 'rebounding echoes, magic music, energies unbridled.' I like it because I can feel it.
Richard
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