HOPE

HOPE

Laying atop the carved-stone mesa,

feeling the chill of Perihelion’s air,

I am seeing long past millennia 

in the night sky.

Snuggled inside my bed roll dreams

I feel earth’s motion

swirl distant galaxies,

as your red-shift light warms my face,

a celestial journey begun long before

our sun,

this planet was even formed.

Stardust memories blaze the night sky.

Each point a puzzle

holding onto so many whys,

giving forth, shouting out their mysteries

and expanding sighs.

Suddenly, in a moment

of earthly time,

I stand naked to face you

and your far distant hue,

as the rhythm of the wind,

its winter rhyme,

tussles my hair,

tingles my skin.

You are probably long gone

but I had to wave,

shout out my incantations,

acknowledge your presence

and warm glow sensations.

Standing, arms stretched wide,

Naked to the stars

I can sense your aeons ago reply:

   “We are children of the skies

   you and I.

   the creation of melting nebulae

   transformed into conscious activity.

   I will know you

   by the tracks you leave

   by the way you persevere

   in seeking and up-holding truth

   in bettering the spirit of humankind.

   I will know you by your smile.”

Aeons ago I sensed your touch.

As I raced back to the warmth awaiting

within these bed roll dreams,

I felt earth’s motion

rotate distant galaxies.

Staring into your starry night,

smiling at all the unknown, 

I am ready for

all earth changing possibilities,

hastened along by distant hues

riding on this winter’s wind.

~~redzone 1.6.04

(edited 3.1.14)

   

      

Author's Note

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[Sami Khalil]

" I will know you
by the tracks you leave
by the way you persevere
in seeking and up-holding truth
in bettering the spirit of humankind.
I will know you by your smile.”"

There is always hope in the distance, rhythm in the wind, spirit in the truth, hues in nature and pains of times to swallow. A wonderful write...:)...................