Cease to Dream – Cease to Be

POSTED IN contemporary poetry October 7, 2013

 

Cease to Dream – Cease to Be

A seed crystal, the girl’s love is a joyful
sentiment of the heart, an instinct of two bodies
that meet in bliss. She grows becomes

a warrior woman, fights that which destroys
burgeoning life, she strives for clarity, for healing
to illumine her own internal dawn.

she rises as matriarch, reaps the rewards
of a sustained effort in all the creations
of her life. Sometimes she touches

wisdom, it slithers from her fingers
in the busyness that fills life. She grows
older, discovers she can hold this

understanding for longer. A grandmother,
she learns to see past hate and suffering
treasures the value of unconditional

love. She sees in others, in all things
the truth of herself. Light in crystalline
waters – the image is returned.

love becomes a transparency, lucid
clairvoyance, as she surrenders herself
she gains clarity, like a crystal. 

 

 

 

 

Gael Bage