Thursday, July 26, 2012

THE BEHOLDER'S EYE


Far, far away or perhaps very, very near, a cosmic eye stares at all.
It winks in jovial good nature, the way I do when a child talks
of Santa Claus, or asks where babies come from.
The eye looks at wars, love, abuses, kindness, atrocities, work,
people starving, others volunteering to prevent their Mother’s demise,
craziness.

It watches me
absorb those things, observe them
weave my life, shape my behavior and psyche
as I struggle to create balance so I can release ,
heal, find peace,
maybe give some away.

If it could, the eye would laugh.
'Cause it understands that from my vantage point
it’s all I can see.
I can’t see all,
where not even balance is real
because there is only nothing
or everything.
My human eye can’t see that far or that near.
Only the cosmic eye sees all
as one.

(Submitted to Dverse Poets where today's prompt is balance.)

11 comments:

  1. The cosmic eye sees all, Yes indeed. I often wonder what the heck it makes of us all as we continue to make such a mess of this beautiful planet of ours and yet, it is still such a beautiful world and if we would only stop worshiping money and began to get back to love, we may yet find the cure to what ails.
    Lovely thoughts turned into poetry Myrna.

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  2. Such good points...we only see a small piece of the picture. Very clever poem. BTW, love your profile.

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  3. i really like how you address that often in a situation we can only see a very small bit of the big picture...and with that we make the best decisions we possibly can...and often we muddle...too bad that cosmic eye is not passing on the wisdom...smiles....

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  4. I believe in that all-seeing cosmic eyes...sometimes we don't see all the sides and perspective, sadly ~

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  5. so true.. and sometimes we act as if we knew everything..isn't it crazy...esp. loved...
    it’s all I can see.
    I can’t see all,
    where not even balance is real
    because there is only nothing
    or everything....

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  6. Your poetry muscle is strong, M !



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  7. I do think it is true that you have to have balance oneself before you are able to give it away. You cannot disperse what you lack yourself. I enjoyed your thoughts.

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  8. It's great that you reflect on these invisible powers. They certainly see but sadly we're not able to really profit from them. If only we have some indications it would be helpful! Great write Myrna!

    Hank

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  9. It is so difficult to realize what you write about here. That eye or other consciousness or reality, that is almost incomprehensible. It reminds me of the Book of Job, where God rebukes Job for seeing things so egoistically. Your poem has these lines:

    because there is only nothing
    or everything.

    That is a profound insight, difficult to entertain, for its meaning could spell the same for who we are as beings in this cosmos.

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