Bright Darkness - Nada Clyne

[Lawrence Robinson]

Bright Darkness
 
Oh friends, I do not understand
The story we tell ourselves
Written across the history
Of our tumultuous world.

Seems to me 
Each of us stands
Facing the moment - this moment, 
Clothed in our illusory
Garb of thinking and choice,

While in a bright dark
Behind and within,
The silent fire of love 
Relishes creation.

How to express it?
How to wring distortion
Out of words
So they resonate exactly
What is!
So they ring reality!

Words that turn cartwheels 
Across the lawn of existence,
Unleash truth in torrents,
Shatter laws of limitation,
Chuck out the measures!

I am a duckling
Imprinted upon emptiness
Trailing broken paradigms
Embracing not knowing.

Oh, and here comes 
The beginning
Again.

Oh friends, I do not understand
The story we tell ourselves
Written across the history
Of our tumultuous world.

As each of us stands
Facing the moment - this moment, 
Clothed in our illusory
Garb of thinking and choice,

While in the bright dark
Behind and within
A feast!
The silent fire of love 
Consumes creation.

	- Nada Clyne



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