tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669 (are we there yet?) kokopelle 2014-12-14T03:07:24Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669:477068 2014-12-12T22:47:47Z 2014-12-14T03:07:24Z contemplative public 0 This is a poem I wrote back in 2009. It is about finding yourself by seeking others. It is also about missing somebody who has passed out of your life.<br /><br /><br />The Gated Space<br />Poem for Day 80 – 20141212<br /><br />The journey extends far beyond this gated space.<br />Seeking escape, seeking embrace.<br />Always the path turned back, returning to this gated space.<br />Asking when, asking why.<br /><br />The companions met.<br />The beautiful seen away from this gated place.<br />Cannot return to them.<br />So much phantoms and dust remain upon entering to this gated space<br /><br />What magic do these gates possess?<br />That they pull back, that they keep out.<br />Passage is freely given and no price is asked.<br />What became of escape? Where is the embrace?<br /><br />Are these the unasked due taken?<br />'Given' speaks the Gated Space.<br /><br />The beginning and the destination reveal the secret.<br />The journeys are a dream.<br />The companions and beauties are passing visions.<br />The gates possess no magic.<br /><br />For I am not a space.<br />I am the embrace.<br />I journey seeking myself, outside of myself.<br />The mirrors in others reveal the nature of the place.<br /><br />A sigh of time escaped the lips waiting the returning embrace.<br />It waits crouching within the guise of the Gated Space. <br /><br />© 2009. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kokopelle&ditemid=477068" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments