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Quick and Dead
by cynthia Tuesday, Oct 22 2019, 8:53pm
international / poetry / post

so quick it is that it appears motionless
the motionless flame of a candle
in quite room hides the frantic fury of the fire
and so it is that the Logos is hidden from men
at its heart is perfection but it manifests as all things
everything moving according to its nature
yet all men, if they choose, are able
to see the flux of existence and its uniqueness at every turn,
never repeated is constant creation nor does one grain of sand
or snow crystal replicate another, such is the character of the always
new Logos

yet man in his folly wishes to fix and make static what he desires
an impossibility as the nature of all things is flux, you are being born
and dying as I write, as was designed at the start

quick is the fool to let loose his tongue but wise is the silent sage
that remains invisible to the eyes of men though his form casts a shadow
like that of any fool and so the sage passes through all vexations like a spirit
passes through walls and matter, to each according to the laws of the realm

the Logos is like a spiralling flower perfect in its eternal motion,
why would a fool challenge or attempt to make static a delusion of power and wealth
or fixate a desire? real wealth is of the flickerless flame of knowledge and awareness,
which the Logos hides while freely producing the glittering things and baubles that
attract the eyes of men – how much more wealth is inherent in that which produces
the wealth of men freely and easily?

and so the unknown (invisible) sage is blessed with the riches found at the heart of creation
while the futile wickedness of men entraps and forces them to fight over the worthless glitter of things
valued arbitrarily by cunning kings and rulers

if you would be wise and Free remember that we share directly in this creation
and are easily able to live in its concord – the choice is yours as the door to knowledge
is never closed; in fact it is so wide and open the eye cannot span it
though people continue to pass it by distracted by desire and fascinated
by things that glitter, blinded to the reality they are able to share in creation
and find their rest, fulfillment and exaltation

all are welcome but few choose to see or know the way