Quiet Wind

A Poem by Carl Thomas

First Published in 1994 by Poetry Now, Wales Anthology (Edited by Veronica Hannon)

One soul's absorption
Into the brain --
One soul's surrender
To the everlasting rain.

10:35pm
His mind fluctuates
With incredible speed
And seems to burn
With proportional need.

10:40
His fingers twitch
Their reactional stimulus,
His eyeballs rove
Their memory limitless.

10:45
As cool as an iceberg,
With its elemental surge,
His mind fights
Every possible urge.

11:00pm
His mind falls
Slow
But sure --
Until it seems
To fall no more.

11:05
He sits in his armchair,
Without a care --
All around
His dark gloomy lair.

11:15pm
As dark as the fire is bright,
Step into the darkened Night --
Step into its Spiritual flight.