Time out

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



Our minds harvest
the fruits of our labors

in ways
true to life's design

by means of
recognition signals

brought forth
as we find our purpose

in means
focused and aligned

In the silver
mine

where
Our essence

rises
Is inclined

to travel
within our minds

As
we are inspired

Dives in pursuit
of our desires

Stirs,

as we are suspended
above the fire

turns


Explorations of what links
our bodies to our souls

As we ponder
our emotion pouring

deep in thought
in a mold of unseen promise

Still awakening
In A sacred place

Where
the answer key

Hovers
secretly in a space

placed
between us

Provides
what spirit

which has shaped
Our rise to humanity.

Even more elusive
Than wisps of clouds

and glowing sun painted skies
Sail above that perspective

our fixed viewpoint
might ever provide

Seeing beyond
our vantage point

fixed
Within our minds

As the converging dimensions
of our souls write

What stories of our fates
might somehow persist

Find what solace we may
As it’s cast adrift

Glides across dimensions
impelled by a life design

Met by a greater impetus
Then i/ We/Us

May comprehend
As if to unwind

Before us A script From which flows
Streams of consciousness

Which reside somewhere
between Our thirsting souls

In Love And War
And ever reaching minds...

As we do a merry
thought-step-dance

Splashing joyously
in mirror pools,

Steadied by currents
which carry our mood

A little further beyond
each fleeting moment

Of our awakening
desire

As ripples
of emotion pour

From
the eager

Willing
portion of our will

To buoy us above
a harsh cold

Core of reality
We cannot ignore

Where we skip
a stone at will

Along
a course of destiny

Where we all
are both bound and freed

tethered to the
Will of the divine

Astral
being within

In the being
we infer

Within a seam
of unearthly fire

Reaching across
untold dimensions

Of a universe
We do not rightly know

feeding the spark of life
Harnessing the tidal flow

Of eternity
as it pulses with energy

Pulling the stars
together and apart

Bending our will
towards each other

In love and life

what
comes to mind

Across
that Aspect

of the universe
We call

Time

C2


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Submitted by Charles2 on September 19, 2023

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