In-Fi-Night

Partly inspired by the city I live in, and partly my wacky imagination...

10th street bustles with

madness, as I, 

a fragment of 

the in-fi-night 

series of travelers

push

past unvisible

walls,

and yet

nowhere is achieved

as I navigate

throughout the grid...

a system rendered 

useless

by those who move

within its

passages.

now here, I walk through

nonsequentialist

mazes,

that the citizens built with

their cyborg fingers,

hoping to erect

an emerald city

that exists only

in consciousness.

the sunways are 

of nothing

if they do not

illuminate

the door

permanently

in my path,

blocking

the stormsuns

that parade

upon

winter leaves,

forming

liquid snow

in the

February

fish-eye lenses.

knowing that the portcullis

to the future is permanent,

I time travel back

to Pacific

volcanos,

in the formation

of Earth,

hoping to 

arise from the

phoenix magma,

cauterizing the 

skies with

immortal wings...

but my flight

is shaken

by the uneven

tradewinds, 

pulling me from

the life canals

and into

the flaming

eruption...

Author's Note

Image: 2005 Wikimedia Commons - Captcha: whapuka

Reviews

[kublakhan27]

Wow, this is really something...I'm not a movie buff but it had me thinking of The Matrix...the farther I went along though, the more profound and riveting this piece became to me...by the end I felt like I was venturing beyond Jupiter and beyond the infinite a la Space Odyssey...that's how I view this poem, an odyssey, so rich in imagery and more than effective at taking the reader on a journey...fine work my friend :)

[Eric Pudalov]

Thanks very much, Steve! I never imagined that this poem would evoke The Matrix - hopefully the first one, and not the sequels...although, re-reading it now, I can see how you would think of that. The poem was actually written in two very far apart sessions (more than a year apart). The beginning up to the "February fish-eye lenses" was written in February of last year, and the last three stanzas I wrote earlier this week! I'm glad that you like it so much, especially as I'm such an admirer of your work, my friend. It's highly flattering. Funny, I'd had writer's block earlier this month...I think I'm back now!!

[kublakhan27]

Haha Yes the first one, and only that one ;P I think it's safe to say you're back my friend :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Interesting divergence from city to the centre of your mind. Enjoyed my visit, now on to see some more.

[Eric Pudalov]

Thanks again KL! As I'd said to Steve below, the various parts of the poem were written quite far apart, which probably explains the divergence. It was nice to finally finish it after all this time!