Maya forms illuminate me
each outlined in essence
each two sided, all the story,
all as empty as I, wondering.
What silence fills the space between things.
I'm alone where the walls creak and breath
and the light shines as in a photograph
and nothing moves but me.
Distractions await my escape.
The radio, lovers, the phone, a visit,
food, drink, grass, reading...
the fridge talks.
My Rose, alone, turns, imagining me with Diana,
confronting her fears,
passing the hell I've given her,
and learning pain is not as bad as fear.
While I alone, confront this empty room
and wait to hold her
when this time is passed.
gallagher
29 jun 75
MAYA - From the Sanskrit 'maya' ("magic"). The term is
used in Indian philosophy to refer to the world as
an appearance, somehow different from the reality.
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —