We are born and driven to that darkness in the light
In touching flame the chill pervades;
shadow centers the luminescence
and by it's pinprick contrast life remains
centered around the essence
Of umbra we find reconciliation
between light and darkness
Day and nights trend
burns in a shadow core
.
Within us there burns the Yin, Yang, and
other essences we care to define in
the least terms of understanding
A bit for the great things, we are white,
black, and the glaring reds which compose
sunlight upon the skin
.
The racing light screams antithetically to dark
negatively concurrent, universally opposed
in phantom words and essences
The eyes corner wanders
to forms on the borders of our imagination
unenlightenment in shadow men
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Reviews of "The Essence Of Umbra"
Reviewed by Eroica Mendoza (Reader)
Reviewed on March 16, 2003
my mind is playing, like riding on a roller coaster while reading this... you have a way with words.. keep writing and give my mind a good exercise! great piece!
Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on March 16, 2003
Very nice Tyler, but look what you did. She/he ran from the room and exploded. She became what you wrote about. Umbra! Very good write. Popcorn has a blown cork. Ha Ha.
Bill
Reviewed by Popcorn
Reviewed on March 15, 2003
I think you had one too many tokes writing this one! hahaha it made me laugh and run screaming from the room...
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
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"other essences we care to define in
the least terms of understanding" nice line...
Sandie Angel :o)