Sojourn

look out across this new landscape
reasons to look back on seasons
no chance to escape
the wind that delivered me here
stirs the leaves of the firs as i wake

and so begins a new chapter
the sojourn in this cold, remote vastness
the lushness of contrast
of life, death and anger
that mirrors within me: deep inner sadness

all that inspires has shifted its meaning
as i try to brace for the swift coming whirlwind
the summers, the winters all roll into one
like frail variations of light and of darkness

i am the bearer of blindness
mine is the torture of stubbornness
all in the guise of adaptive behavior
but down in the core no acceptance, no savior

pouting little baby
forlorn saddened child
grow out of your sense of entitlement
mind, it's in balance you run free and wild
awake!
the eyes of the world are upon us
the weight and the karma of waiting
in the wielding of our tools are thus tempered
remember the struggle, the cause, no pause for us

together you and i must give rise to a new being
give birth to a soul that can take it all in
not to wallow and perish, our sense overwhelmed
but to marvel in awe at the whole

an awesome wave rider
poised on the crest
descending full blast
ecstatic in spray
the roaring surrounds us
the coming of hell
and of heaven
in one single moment
our prowess to tell

so begins a new chapter
the promise of time: to move on
onward, the path long and open
our purpose, our only control
the intention to ride is what matters
no matter whatever unfolds
come what may the truth is ever to answer
the summons that tug at our core
for now
and forever more