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panoptic

in what archaic light

might i be made to be seen pure?

when shadows will not taint

the progress of a life reborn

& what projection may impart

the whole of what i truly am?

in what dimension might we see

outside of where the fringes end?

 

to recognize a truth

how can we say we know it’s path?

when even light may bend and ruse,

deceive the structures of the past.

to awaken any hope,

hold fast to faith in what you know,

but even that is made like sand

elapsed, with no hands made to hold

 

unbound by words or thoughts alone,

the spirit flies above the sea

& language foreign to the earth,

can somehow now make sense to me.

the ancient life, known before birth,

the way we were before;

is somehow still a flick'ring flame

that burns forevermore.

 

so cast your burdens to the wind

that carries our hearts home.

a vast new force from deep within

has overturned all stones.

within the currents,

all encompassed progress, not our own.

as galaxies may shift,

so may all hearts become one home.

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Written by
dalton-bauder
American
Published
Aug 11, 2013
Lines·Words
32·186
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panoptic |paˈnäptik|

adjective

showing or seeing the whole at one view: a panoptic aerial view.

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