Tempest

TEMPEST

We search

Far and wide

For answers

To our hearts denied

We look seemingly

With discerning eyes

For that answer

That from us doth hide

All around

The answer is there

Though with narrow eyes

We’re unaware

And misinterpret

What it means

To care

Time slips by

And blindly we wander

Or sit cloistered

And inside wonder

Hapless and blind

We miss the signs

And through eyes obscured

We pass on by

We are quick to judge

From those who begrudge

And readily accept

That age old precept

Listening to others

A salve to our pain

For it gives a reason

To without remain

That tis better

To be alone

Than our life bemoan

Through we continue

On this search

As we halfheartedly roam

As if touching a fire

We draw back

From that which we seek

And rather than risk

An outcome golden

We to our fears

Remain beholden

How easy

To find fault

Than to look to that

Which doth another exalt

We remain in life

With troubles beset

And balance on

That fine line of regret

It remains to be seen

Can we from another

The true essence glean

Without the clutter

That tends to demean

Do we dare

Leave fears behind

Throwing the chaff

Of the superficial aside

And true to our own hearts abide

In the end

Everything has its place

And we have

Ourselves to face

What I have learned

Is that which is earned

Tis held more dear

And what is conquered

In the end

is fear

-Shiidon, June 2015