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Nearvarna.

Missing image

It takes lifetimes to climb

Transcendency Towers.

Lifetimes ill spent in spiral ascent.

The leap from the summit

Ends within hours.

Falling content in flesh the clay leant.

To earth sinks a body

A soul heads for Elsewhere

On crystal webs spun by a luminous Son.

We are fragments torn from

The heart of the maelstrom,

Time to be done with the Fool you’ve become.

It takes lifetimes to find

A grail worth seeking,

A lifetime quest at lost souls` behest.

And many are they who

Fall by the wayside,

Cursing the dust of dreams they once blessed!

As I slip from the threshold

Older yet wiser,

I know I know nothing, no nothing at all.

Soul-union with spirit

Lies farther than ever.

With neither I’m no one with no love at all.   

Author notes

Time to strip away any facetious fallacies of verbal dysentry and lean upon less complex ways of trying to formulate the ineffable. i often have a song or melody clinging metronomicly to my thoughts when I write- believe or not this had the Streets of Laredo (J.Cash version)going on in the cerebral disco. I hope it`s not too apparent!
This is a humble attempt at gnosis song.

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  • August 2, 2006

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    my favorite of yours i have read

    First, thankyou for your kind and numerous words in regards to my poems. I have read most of your postings and have enjoyed them all, but I really dig the simplicity of this one, concise and effective. I look forward to reading more of your work. Cheers.

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    • gnosisonG silver member
      August 4, 2006
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      Cheers

      Thanx Leicalense. It was a relief to see you still around.
      gG


  • skyviewexpress
    July 26, 2006
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    good write


  • Windhover silver member
    July 26, 2006

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    Play it again 'Song !

    Philosophy in the disco . What next ? Did you see 'Saturday Night Fever' recently? Lots more to it than bad clothes and disco dancing. Quite dark actually. The rather jaunty beat of this one only seemed to highlight the look at the darker side of wisdom. ' Why should I become wise and therefore unhappy' or something like that. Effortless ease of rhyme internal and external. 3rd stanza the best for me. A little motto that stands really well all by itself. More quality from your golden pen.  Please leave the site and the rest of us to our delusions of adequacy !
    One small nit-pick ( I know I'll regret this ! ) Should 'soul' in the last stanza not be ' soul's ' ?

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    • gnosisonG silver member
      July 28, 2006
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      Boogie on DownSyndrome

      Thanx again Windhover, for your comments. I think maybe soul and union conjoined with a hyphen - might work best?


      • Windhover silver member
        July 28, 2006
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        Looked up gnosis ( I'm not quick - but I get there eventually ! ) and (sigh) it makes your handle even more impressive - and appropriate. Did I miss something with the image and the 'Downsyndrome'thing or were we purely Travolta on the reply? And yes , sorry , I did miss 'Bearnard' - too quick for this old bard-of-prey I'm afraid.


        • gnosisonG silver member
          July 28, 2006
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          To the Bard of Prey

          THAT was a good one. You must use it as a subtext when you publish your anthology. I can see it now:
                       Windhover.
                      Bard of Prey.
                      A Collection.

          Otherwise, I don`t think the foetal image was that of a mongoloid. So purely Travolta I`m afraid. I have a poem about an ideal society called Freaks in Eden, where happiness is the most cherished personal trait and where the "happy people" are the most prized. Maybe I`ll post it as it is quite different and humorous compared to the others.
          Regards gG

  • Dun silver member
    July 25, 2006

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    Versatility with tone....

    This was such a change-up in tone to a a soft, almost reverent humility that spoke of inward contemplation that so few indulge in. This speaks to me of a moment of quiet stillness where true wisdom distills upon the soul because we have paused but a moment and stood still. Just long enough to condense an ephemeral glimpse at true wisdom. This carried feeling in the tone, an attribute I prize most highly in poetic endeavors. This causes the mind to stop and think, identify and seek a bit of such contemplation for the self. This paints a mood and inspires. I liked this. It oozes it's own atmosphere.

    Al

    P.S. This is a collection of seemingly intended vague generalizations of self-study, as such I felt you were going more for a feeling than a direct message. Am I correct in this assumption?

    Al

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    • gnosisonG silver member
      July 25, 2006
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      In reply to your query

      Hi. I generally try to avoid vagueness as much as I am able. I try to mantain in this piece an underlying physical image of life`s uphill journey and the relative swiftness of our demise which is in fact a new beginning (hopefully)
      cheers Plumeister
      regards gnosisonG


  • badmashabhi
    July 22, 2006
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    BEAUTIFUL !!!

    Really it is ... really wonderfully beautiful !!!
    I love every part ... i mean everything . But the gr8est part of the poem is obviously the thought . Nicely done and do keep writing .
    ~~~Abhi~~~

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    • gnosisonG silver member
      July 24, 2006
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      thanks

      Thanx Abhi for your uplifting comment.
      Warm regards
      gnosisonG


  • scribbledthoughts
    July 22, 2006
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    No words will suffice the emotions i get with this poem. The very first time i read this, i did not even understand all of it, but i loved it already! So I read again, and truth is throbbing my mind and pounding my heart!
    Yes it takes a lifetime to get where u wanna be, or be what u wanna be - but without a Beautiful soul - its all futile.
    It's an exceptional write! i mean it!
    MOre! more! more!
    warmest thoughts,
    Lynne

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