Writers We Of Different Need
by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com
It’s easy to get lost in thinking our goal should be mass consumption through commercial publication. But, for some of us, it is the reward of fewer numbers, the small handful, followed by other needful seekers, a minority suddenly realizing the power of language does indeed nurture the discovery of conscience. (Image by pinterest)
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Writers We Of Different Need
by Odin Roark
Ones,
only few can know,
even fewer choose to understand.
Residing in a place
where movement of mind and spirit
roams the beyond of shadows,
arresting the possible
forward to the obvious.
Pursuing the why of what,
that haven the inner-self finds comforting,
where once lurked but a dark flirtation
with that revelation beneath life’s facade
now of joy laboring fearlessly
amidst inner-light and vision.
What Only Few Have Known,
now reaches out to many who yearn to know.
All that is necessary
is at our fingertips,
ready to become a voice
for many of mute spirit,
starving to escape
echoless halls of stagnation,
conscious of their shackled impotence,
yet unaware beneath the fear,
expression awaits liberation.
And so it continues…
With pencil in hand,
we return to the page,
not as saviors,
but as needful messengers.