The Watcher

 The Watcher 

(A lone voice whispers)

You do know that your spirit can become cumbersome

wading through rivers of physical, political and spiritual injustices that you are sometimes, powerless to fix?

And sometimes, beauty lies in a temporary surrender?

For in the end, if you meditate to embrace that nine-letter word  

And contemplate these two important points of view: 

Number 1

Being powerless right out of the blue can be just another bridge to try to cross in this life

A bridge to cross the surging rivers of people's karma below

And all you can do is offer help if possible and be gracious enough to accept this subtle fact.

Everywhere you go

For there is no point in fighting point number one without deep meditation before you act 

Since in the emotional anguish of your internal battle,

You could abandon the very fabric that offers you acceptance

Which could just be

Point number two  

 Love.

 Surrender again and embrace that nine-letter word

Surrender yourself to Love for Karma will offer little relief or respite 

On any given night

And always embrace that as long as you breathe, you can in time, change the future 

Even if yesterday stays, for your life is but a natural play composed of four stages

Infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood

And sometimes Infancy could return 

A feeling of powerlessness as you experience life as you age

But as long as we have tomorrow.

Hope beckons just like the other three stages of life

And as long as we have some form of Love, today could be glorious

As you once realise life is just a perceptual experience.

One just has to know, how to know how to deal with the differences.

(C) Copyright John Duffy