Self, the Mystery

who are you

Self, the mystery

Thoughts of murder rarely enter your mind
Injury, suicide, mass killings all seem foreign
You find a lilac, the scent offers you a moment
in beauty's kiss.
Yet, everything lives in you, swims around in a
Black Sea of potential, waiting for the depths
to grab you, suck you down into the low life of destitute's hole
but you stay firm, the lilac transcending reality,
as the poetry of life guides the way.

I am of soul & skin
A heart beats within my name
I shall call respect the wishes of all who call
Entertain secrets of life's loving chain
My whispers reach the rings of Saturn
I am man, I am women,
I am the mystery of self living inside of me

Reviews

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thanks Moon,

From the early seventies to the present the tensions have eased. That is one blessing of a aging.

Regards,
Al

[Moonie]

There's always that eternal struggle of the two polarities within us..
Favourite lines : "A heart beats within my name" and " My whispers reach the rings of Saturn"

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thanks Paul!

Your crass position is noted. I was referring to the feminine aspect of the male soul.

Regards,
Al

[Paul Bell]

I was going to be crass, and say, women. But I might get lynched. But I suppose we all have a split personality. Food for thought this one.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thanks Jacob!

I know in Nam I saw some of it in me. Ugly!

Regards,
Al

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thanks Latifa!

Hey girl how are you? I'm going to visit you right after I finish here. So nice to hear from you!

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this reminds me of Thomas Wolfe's "Child by Tiger"

that which lives within us, under the surface...sometimes it stays there, and sometimes there is a trigger that brings it out unexpectedly.

Dick Prosser's character was a mystery...we all have that side to us.

j.

[Latifa]

Beautiful , this reminds me of the famous quote know thy self. How strange to live in estrangement from our own soul and spirit.

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thanks E!

I will look at Zahra. Your mind borders on Einstein, the old memory of E=MC2, sorry about Freida. I use to read her material occasionally.

You might try EHT at Amazon for greater mental alertness. I started 3 days ago.

Regards,
Al

[Einstein Noodle]

i love the Black Sea! it is so full of history and mystery ... in collaboration with Zahra (the Queen;) we composed a poem about it ... you may like it:
http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/green444/1656094/

i am a firm believer that mental/emotional illnesses are things we all experience on a more sublime level .. so right away i like the content of your poem .. your closing is a little broader than that ... digging that deep and loosing even the borders of which sex we are stretches me a bit ..although Jesus did say when asked about marriage:
" At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven."
New International version of Mat. 22:30 :)
E.