Dec 2013
enlighten — verb (used with object)
to give intellectual or spiritual light to;
to instruct; impart knowledge to; Archaic: to shed light upon.
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like an overdue library book,
the omission of a
failed commission,
makes me a bad boy.
request submitted.
progress stalled,
dust accumulated.
guilty of failure to perform,
a fineable offense
where I come from.
perhaps it was the word?
Enlightened...
down too many paths possible
this word obvious, but not,
a distortion, to me.
the definition I seek,
is not in dictionary listed!
for I want to enlighten you,
make you lighter, carefree,
But Not Through Spirit or Intellect.
for what spiritual guidance
can I give thee,
that would not burden you,
with collected do's and don'ts.
my intellect impoverished,
reduce to grunts and curses,
my opinions, even if valid,
are simplistic truisms.
nonetheless, I want to enlighten you.
"put the load right on me."
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me."
Give me those-parts of you,
convoluted, twisted, that need bearing,
but cannot be borne any more,
for there comes the line,
where the totals are recorded,
the sums noted,
black or red,
matters not,
disposal ready,
my truck is marked
Heavy Load.
make me fat with seven years of plenty,
plenty worries, plenty troubles,
shed those pounds of weighty words
that gain no recognition,
misheard, misunderstood,
or just ignored,
so I can enlighten you.
what skill you posses,
doing this noble thing?
skill is simple,
merely human,
only the human touch
can enlighten,
take out the trash.
I am your man.
what makes you
heavy hearted,
enlightens me,
and makes you
lighter than air,
thus, miraculously,
we are both enlightened.
send what you need to be rid of,
promise, I will read and keep,
every poem you send.
to give intellectual or spiritual light to;
to instruct; impart knowledge to; Archaic: to shed light upon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
like an overdue library book,
the omission of a
failed commission,
makes me a bad boy.
request submitted.
progress stalled,
dust accumulated.
guilty of failure to perform,
a fineable offense
where I come from.
perhaps it was the word?
Enlightened...
down too many paths possible
this word obvious, but not,
a distortion, to me.
the definition I seek,
is not in dictionary listed!
for I want to enlighten you,
make you lighter, carefree,
But Not Through Spirit or Intellect.
for what spiritual guidance
can I give thee,
that would not burden you,
with collected do's and don'ts.
my intellect impoverished,
reduce to grunts and curses,
my opinions, even if valid,
are simplistic truisms.
nonetheless, I want to enlighten you.
"put the load right on me."
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me."
Give me those-parts of you,
convoluted, twisted, that need bearing,
but cannot be borne any more,
for there comes the line,
where the totals are recorded,
the sums noted,
black or red,
matters not,
disposal ready,
my truck is marked
Heavy Load.
make me fat with seven years of plenty,
plenty worries, plenty troubles,
shed those pounds of weighty words
that gain no recognition,
misheard, misunderstood,
or just ignored,
so I can enlighten you.
what skill you posses,
doing this noble thing?
skill is simple,
merely human,
only the human touch
can enlighten,
take out the trash.
I am your man.
what makes you
heavy hearted,
enlightens me,
and makes you
lighter than air,
thus, miraculously,
we are both enlightened.
send what you need to be rid of,
promise, I will read and keep,
every poem you send.
apologize for the delay, M., but the word gave me trouble, and then it was perfect-clear, give me thy troubles and through that act, that we are both
enlightened.
I got the room.
Send me a word,
and I will return to you,
a commissioned poem.
enlightened.
I got the room.
Send me a word,
and I will return to you,
a commissioned poem.
