PATRICK THOMAS JEFFRIES
Silver Lining
There
must be an evil task master
Within
me. One
That
longs to crack
The
whip &
Insight
mistake &
Shame
& stigma & fear &
Tells
stories of failure &
Would
like to chain &
Cuff
My
psyche into states of
Despair
& otherness &
Unsuccessful
longing &
Loneliness. &
This
evil wizard,
This
master deceiver, would have
The
better part of me enslaved
To
his will. His mystic command
Of
my mind and hand. His control of my
throw
&
the aim of my bow. The dark
Wind
that re-directs my arrow
&
constructs disasters from my
Good
intentions & purity of heart. &
Throws
shadow after shadow & drapes me
In
excessive ice cold contrition. &
fools
Me
to play victim to myself. Flogging
Myself
for bad judgment & dis-ability—
But
there is a light in my soul! A
Unity
of integrated self that’s whole.
This
light in me will not stay down!
It
will light up the night & right &
I
write in at least my mind to rite
The
course of events to make amends.
And
I live, I learn & this passion,
This
love that yearns & burns to earn
Sacred
Union with the world; that
Rises
above the darkness to be
Known
as: Eros. This unifying
Love. An energy and entity that is
Selfless
& non-discriminatory. The unity of
Particle
& wave. The
Individual
of Many &
The
One as All that
Creates
a continuity of blessing &
Unfolding
in
A
happiness that delights to
Ride
the wave of
Shame
in order to defeat
The
blame game &
Rejoice
in
Being
the
Same,
different—
The
self mining to
Construct
the finding of the
Silver
lining—
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