frail

fragile mind of man

superficiality as onion skin deep
as in the gap ’tween a gnat’s eyelashes
human flesh paper thin vaporized dreams of pride 
as strong as an iron pad lock on a cardboard fence
anger misdirected internal disequilibrium
mental flow conundrum
superficiality like broken promises
carried on yesterday’s winds it is me until
i see your face across shining seas’ sailings
it will take long stretches of struggle to cross
deserts, canyons ’n jagged rocks
along the way assaulted by emotions’ robbers
“you are not of this world yet i have placed you in it
the good along with the evil
i have found you a place, for you in the wilderness”
so it is, i see your face across a shining sea
atop high elevated bluffs rising like Masada
a fortress agin the builders of pyramids’ eye
superficiality as thin as the rants of scoffers
human flesh, paper thin vaporized dreams of pride 
as strong as an iron pad lock on a cardboard fence
intelligence as high as the mountains of the Himalayas
contained within babes’ innocence acceptance of truth
expanse of reality so wide so infinitely far
as the glorious, unknown, unscaled universe