Sunday, December 29, 1996

nothing concluded 9


attaining stoppage
applying the brakes
coming to a halt
seeing nothing
hearing not a sound

spinning the wheels
over and over
never ending
until complete
knowledge attained

nothing more to know
as the day
spins to darkness
night time is the absence
of day

no worries
the trouble has ceased
quietude comes
and complete
peacefulness follows

desire only
to know more
to see that which
I cannot see
with these eyes

how strange the horn
player reveals
so much in sound
yet says nothing
at all

where have all the people
gone and
how does the day
know when to stop
being day

a beautiful memory
comes back
for a moment
and that’s enough
saw her once

she returns so often
and then disappears
like a phantom on the hill
she created
like the lies

what does she see
this time that she
didn’t see the first
time up that
perfect hill

with a tree on top
or not and it doesn’t
even matter
no one had a picture
or pen that day

the ground may be
frozen below
but my feet
are still firmly
planted

the cloud are high
above me and the grass
that withers away
with this cold season
beauty does shine tonight

through the trees
nearly unobstructed
the moon
smile as if I had actually seen her
nothing concluded. . .

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