Castles of the mind
with Book shelves on every corner
I have shorn the hair off of my head
that once grew past my shoulder..
I am the focal point
I have your attention
Knowledge is in my spine
It's what gives me my back bone
Make no never mind..
The distractions of this world
as you fall into my eyes..
You'd might see me as an executioner,
for surely you can see the hangman's tree behind me..
But please don't be afraid,
the skies above thee go from
the gaiety of blue, then purple
and all silver linings turn to black..
If you dare to follow me
I warn thee..
to never look back..
If you trust me enough,
then take hold of my hand..
I will show you the fire in the lakes down below..
I will take you to places that even God won't go..
In the Dawning of Man..
there first was a great light..
to be seen by only the blind..
In pools of shadows and lavish darkness you've fallen..
Look now!
Look into my eyes..tell me please
what is it that you see?
A mirror..
Of black agate in my right orbital hemisphere..
Penetrative, steely, honest--
I can see through you and if I wanted
I could make you suffer
the agonies of child birth,
question your very soul..
die again and thus be reborn..
I am your guide your healer
your soul keeper..
not just a messiah or a messenger..
Likened to a train of thought conductor..
A beast known as Lucifer..
For aren't man and beast
one in the same?
In the grand theatre..
of richness..there is..
opulence, pageantry and Life..
And every stage there is a curtain..
a veiled monument..a marker
of places you've been
of people you've seen
And experiences felt through out..
This is a window..
to look through into your world
and you into mine..
There are doors here as well..
Some are numbered and some
are well worn..
some doors are shut and some
that swing wide open..
You're in a prison,
but you don't know it..
The bars, that keep thee
are unknown to thee..
Although you have the key
you don't bother to use it..
It's plain to see
There are some things in Life
that falter..
as we age we get older..
as time goes by we get closer..
and the more we try to hold on
the more likely than not..
The lessons in Life are soon forgot..
And all the pains we have suffered
is simply a fool's paradise of vanity,
for who and for what..?
~~the end
By Rick Weber
April 19, 2014
2116 hours
copy rights reserved 2014
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