Invisibility
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Hidden in plain sight
qualities in some respects
Meant to be clearly displayed,
openly portrayed
In glorious visions
which you may explain
To others
as your way of life
Being enfolded
within your needs
In an unused corner
of your thoughts
Quietly resting
between your ideals
Not quite, what
you might expect
Something no one else
can quite see
Lying
beyond your beliefs
We pray for understanding,
some praying
for fortunes or great wealth
In your creative time
Nothing you can discern
will be worth your effort
If you cannot find the truth
You cannot find peace within yourself
If you have lost your health
When your time is done and gone
You’ve completely wasted
Your energies
And lost your natural mind
If you fail to pass on your loving ideas
Which seems to come to us
Mysteriously somehow,
When you show someone
Something of the loving truth
You’ve found hidden
within yourself,
Only proving of value
When it’s shared with someone else,
When you truly care for others
Sharing what we learn from one another
So important in our lives
Why this chain of ownership
of what cannot be possessed,
the ultimate test
the creator has given us
The gift we only receive
when we pass it on
What have you learned
in living?
What do you gain
by giving back?
It is in your original thought
which can’t be taught
A consciousness you only clearly see
when you are truly blind
it simply is
the truth
Invisibility
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Written on January 15, 2007
Submitted by Charles2 on September 21, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,516 |
Words | 339 |
Stanzas | 33 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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