Beyond These Confines

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. - Thoreau

beyond the scope

pushing an uphill rope

clinging to hope

no need to wear white like the pope

i'm in a different realm

a kingdom with music and nature at the helm

hearing and seeing it through a prism of undeniable, unadulterated truth

a crystal clear refraction of perpetual youth

i'm a deaf, dumb and blind sleuth

people see me and remark, "sometimes he can be so uncouth"

as i climb the slippery elm

subtly

with no desire to overwhelm

searching for answers

in a night sky ridden by shooting stars with raised lancers

praying down upon aging knees

hands raised like swells on stormy seas

giving thanks

pleading, "please"

clinging to a life preserver and relinquishing  pride

never in need of a ride

because i hold the golden keys

always able to see the forest

along with each and every one of the towering trees

in a domain that always knows and sees

a purview that liberates and frees

a kingdom that denounces lies as it lives and breathes

i bask in the mellisonant notes

in a place that floats

a place that always rhymes

in these trying times

beyond these confines

Author's Note

"All nature is doing her best each moment to make us well—she exists for no other end. Do not resist her. With the least inclination to be well we should not be sick." - Thoreau

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

Music known, not heard since brother Josh showed me how to still the feet but move the spirit! Wow!

As to your words, laid with a certain 'je ne sais quoi' there to be heard, there to be seen - if you've the will and need to look.. and look.

Says more than a tome could tell:

' i hold the golden keys
always able to see the forest
along with each of the towering trees
in a domain that always knows and sees
a purview that liberates and frees
a kingdom that denounces lies as it lives and breathes
i bask in the mellisonant notes
in a place that floats
a place that always rhymes
in these trying times
beyond these confines'

Takes a seeker to find and the spirit to feel it.

[Pete]

music is a universal language. to look and live beyond, not an easy journey, but then again anything worth while usually isn't. your words are peaceful and kind. thanks for understanding and sharing.

“But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried.” - Thoreau

[emmajoygreen]

Your writing instills thoughts that last quite a while.

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I absolutely loved this! It quieted the chaos inside me. It took my shadow from one place and dragged it to another. This poem definitely made me feel that way and I loved that feeling.
"i'm a deaf, dumb and blind sleuth" what a line!
There is a chaos of hope in this poem that I wanna hold on to.
Thank you so much for sharing sir!

[Pete]

wow. thanks so much for sharing. we can never be trapped if we hold onto hope beyond where we currently may be. thanks you.

[Arundass TP]

Beautiful poem. Enjoyed reading 👍

[Pete]

thanks so much.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Wonderful combination of visuals and rhyme...nicely layered to keep the rhythm.
We need words like these in a very trying time...facing piles of trials with smiles...as the Moody Blues once constructed...On Threshold of a Dream.
j.

[Pete]

... perhaps a dream of nights in white satin. thank you for sharing and hope you are feeling well.

[Vol]

In the jagged fractals of the everyday, we can only dream of a world...
"that always rhymes
in these trying times
beyond these confines."
Vol

Sure would be a nice escape

[Pete]

probably why cruises are so popular. - a taste of eden afloat.

[Vol]

I can't go on cruses cause I'd never come back...

[Thomas W Case]

Beautiful. I love it. Great job.

[Pete]

thanks for for your time and thoughts twc.

[Ms claws]

That's really beautiful, Pete!

When my mom was dying she could hear the Hallelujah Choir.

I love this by you. Thanks for sharing.

[Pete]

cool about your mom. thanks for "getting it". much appreciate the shared thoughts.