Time's Echo
by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com
As another year comes closer to becoming the past, the duality of inside and outside one’s awareness, i.e., the conscious and subconscious realm of existence, continues to provide never ending debate and contemplation. Some aficionados of the Zen Circle point to the similarity of white space inside and outside of the circle. The circle has created a duality of inside/outside that doesn't exist in reality. Descartes perceived duality a bit different. However, imagination—considering the phenomena of a black circle on a white page--begs the question: Is that which is inside also outside, and is not what is outside also inside? As within, so without. A real Zen master would erase the line and meditate upon the blank page…as perhaps we as writers do often. (Image by Dali)
Friday, November 28, 2014
Time’s Echo
by Odin Roark
Arrest
Your today, as you
Allow
The forgetfulness of tomorrow.
Respect
The pain of yesterday, as you
Embrace
The now which thrives not on the past.
Seek
Beneath the jewel of the moment.
Cherish
The facets of reflective memories.
Reify
The forever-resonant as halos above the abyss.
Let free
The shackles of attachment.
For just as infinity knows but time’s echo,
So too Creativity’s countenance seeks no end.
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I am not as accomplished a writer as Jan and you. Perhaps it is because I can't follow the premise of your poem.
Ron