Internal Security

Nothing ever changes
The dawn settles cool and new,
But the anguish remains fiery hot
Even as the day, so pure
Turns through its cycles
and spins into dusk, unto the setting sun
A smile and no pain is all I ask
No pain wrenching in my soiled gut
Outside, stepping softly
I can stare up at the moon
around midnight or so
and it whispers to me my dreams...
Still clenching stress-bitten stomach
I tip-toe back across the hardwood
As unheard as a trickling creek
Back to my sanctum of blankets
Sometimes, a bottle of sake
stands warmly in the corner
It smiles at me softly and lets me forget
The hot anguish.
Cooling my conscience, sipping slowly
Drifting off into the night, worryless
Or so it would seem.
I like to fade away, every once in a while
and pretend I am not me
But an essence of myself
Floating along, peacefully
Through the loop holes and star-dusted galaxies
of space
Simply seeing, unaffected
and indefinable
Nothing ever changes, really...
But my mind can fade away to find peace
And for now,
that is the only resolve I need.

Reviews

[Leslie Philibert]

A dense poem that deserves a careful reading.Enjoyed especially the last line,which ends the poem on a optimistic note with a good use of imagery, resolve is the perfect word..Well done.

[dukovan]

really some of your best work I've seen. Seems like you really ripped this one out of your body. Those are the best kind, where everything you're saying is a new transcendence of what you already know.

[The Analog Kid]

Some excellent phrasing here. I feel like I am floating away to find peace myself. "Hot Anguish." Nice:)

[Nishant Gupta]

ur poem is really nice write, do have a look to mine "QUEST OF LIFE"-
" it is about how one neglects his life ,pondering about this precious gift of nature unnecessarily ".

[bobby]

It speaks to me, your writings are so deep and full of the flesh that seems to confine you to this frame of time, now. Out of body in body struggling to be free of the chains that do not allow you to discover the truth of yourself.
One day not far in time and space, as we see now, you will drift away and will be everything and in everything all at once indivisible.

[Vinod Kumar U K]

beautiful Imagery and nice wording symphony, thanks,

[Tate Morgan]

We all wish we could do this at will
I like to fade away, every once in a while
and pretend I am not me
But an essence of myself
Floating along, peacefully
It is the essence to happiness and contentment I think

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

I felt lost as I read this..watching the sun set on my anger.
Days repeating themselves..but finally finding relief in unlikely
places. I love the way this poem provokes thought about how
how much more there is to life.
Its a Philosophical and Emotional gem.

[maximilian]

love the phrase 'stress-bitten stomach'. in fact there's a few top notch turns of phrase here, well done.

[Enigma]

An outstanding poem full of insight. A brilliant use of imagery and metaphors as well. A well crafted poem. Loved it. :)