Woolgathering

it's a warm, humid night

you'd be hard pressed to cut the air with a chainsaw

the spent day filled with delight and the long night weighed down by twisted fright

the aura is heavy like lead

spinning 'round and  'round in what's left of my square head

black and white turned to gray and wrong morphed into right

stuck between mortality's plight and eternity's light

lost in rumors of war and sweat of the season

off in the distance i hear a drum and fife

i awaken suddenly following a macabre, sullen dream

only to find that the dream is my life

i'm drowning in an unnavigable, shallow stream

walking an impossible, narrow balance beam

a crisis of faith manifested in a sobering scream

my soul coming apart at the seam

another victim of doubt's hypocritical scheme

stirred, spilled coffee, black, without sugar or cream

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

An interesting piece of mortality, written here. The insecurities we all have and feel, moments of doubt and suffering . We never know what we must endure but I believe we will overcome, one way or another. We often feel like the boy's father who was forced to confront his doubt and shouted. "I believe, help me overcome my disbelief." Mk. 9:24 But we must remember that Jesus did just that. Excellent write. I enjoyed reading it. F.

[Pete]

faith is not an easy walk for some. although i know better i still struggle sometimes with doubt. this world and our culture wants to drag us down to its level. the battle rages on. thanks fgf.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Faith is never an easy walk, Faith takes courage and conviction and a working moral compass to determine right from wrong. Ironically, I think organized religion is probably one of the greatest detractors of simple faith. When anyone can connect directly to the Divine through prayer it eliminates the dogma through love. Christ didn't die on the cross to get people to read the Bible or sing psalms or gather in a stone building once a week. He came so that we might have life and have it more abundantly. He came because God so "loved" the world. Love is the heart of God and life is evidence of that love. That's the gospel according to Fabian, anyway. Bless you, F.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Oh, what is the illustration in the write? I was curious. At first I thought it might be a woodcut by Albrecht Durer but it more closely resembles a lithograph. I like it.

[Pete]

i believe it is Melencolia I, a 1514 engraving by Albrecht Dürer.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Wow. Thanks. My first guess was right but I'd never seen this one. Way cool.

[Arundass TP]

Nicely written poem. Enjoyed reading

[Pete]

thank you kindly.

[Thomas W Case]

Powerful work and vivid imagery. I miss Tom.

[Pete]

ahh this life. thanks twc. a talented artist, tom left us far too soon - a familiar story of the curse of the gifted.