Friday, June 26, 2015

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