My name is irrelevant as I only speak
of something
I once had
But lost as I passed over
So speaking just between us and no one
else
Do you like
Subtle questions for an inquisitive mind
Just try using the power of your profound imagination
To answer my questions as I begin
So your icy river of curiosity can melt
Can finding any form of love define you on so many levels
Beyond rhyme or reason
And does your mind wander because of this
Like a seasoned
traveller
Throughout the ever-changing seasons of the rising sun
Dwelling on epic adventures previously run
Alone or with great people
Or just trying to understand life and all its subtle meanings
Are you
My visitors and viewers
Just relatively speaking
All but travellers trying to rebel
Against a mundane life
Like it's high treason
Trying to become light-bearers for others
I can only pray and hope
Through sharing some love and light
Kindness but more importantly
Attention to help them cope
And are we the unknown poets
Even from in here
The Great In-Between
Simply members
From some long-forgotten legions
Appearing at night
To with guile create mysterious worlds for you all to step in
The blessed few who in the twenty-first century
Still likes real talking and society watching
From every region
As our stories or poetry parades symbolically
Throughout all seasons
Creating a liturgy of words
A symphony
For beautiful people like you to enjoy listening to
Or just reading
For are you blessed and anointed to be the addicted
And are we your much-needed dependency
For humans are all programmed on a deeper level to just be addicted to something
To take the silent pain of living on the edge away
With its cleansing rainbows
In this fast-moving life
Where the true secret is to pick wisely if you really need to know
For most choices will only hurt you more
And cause more unwelcome pain
Wherever you go
Which surely will cut deeper
Later in the low hours
Like any sharp knife
As you wander
Lost mentally
Throughout the slow falling rain filled with disdain
For you all need something
To help fill the deep void of need that you are all born with
And it's not something to be ignored
But to be graciously implored and
Explored
For what you receive in return
Simply reflects what you give
Some choose drugs
Cigarettes
Alcohol
Or just love
Some choose sports or even just fights
Some just choose music or to simply write
To them whatever their choice of poison
Is it how they choose to get the Light
Truly out
You
Does writing or just reading
Reflect essences of your immortal soul
And is a love of reading anything including poetry
A part of your earthly role
Mirroring a part of all your intimate
Dependencies
Driving you to create
Whilst covering up
All your own inner transparencies
Well
It has been a ride up to now
Filled with such revealing thoughts
And deep-seated questions
Do you want some more glimpses
Of the sideshows
Running through the dark theatres
within my mind
Do you want to hear some more of my kin
Indulge you
With more profound suggestions
From in here
Our beloved prison
Between our dimensions
I can read your mind you know
Just say yes
So we can be together everywhere you go
That's why I'm waiting for you to acquiescence
And to once more allow me to step inside the dark labyrinth within your soul
Copyright John Duffy
