Sunday, February 14, 2016

Confessiones Ignorat



When the canopy of illusion is lost
The torrents of truth batter hard.

Ringed by the circles of distrust and scorn
And titanium shackles of hypocratic oaths
I am lost in the dungeons of solitude enforced
With too little light in my view.

I know I have built up these walls
But hoped there are souls that’d feel
A thrill for all they concealed.

All that remains are fragments of a soul
That no longer hopes to be heard -
Only the whispers in corridors of self
That roam through the chambers of skull.

To a lost friend:
I know I’d breached your trust
With deeds that cannot be undone.
If only you dared to forgive...
O what wonders we would gain!

To a classmate:
If only you knew the power of a call
And reciprocal gestures of faith!
In all of your trials I stood;
But lost when you found your bliss.

To a mistake:
I pity that the best of my past
Is tainted with your brittle words,
And antics of operatic stunts
That still keep on scratching my walls
With signs of desiccated pleas.

Memories in dialogic mode
Mingle and mash up in medleys of loss
And open up a canvas of inadequate lines
That yield only angles of shame.
But here are no great blessed eyes
That’ll scan my being to the core
Or with visions of multifoliate rose
Will uplift from dust my constricted soul
To rivers of sanctifying waves.

Here on the shores of waves warring rocks
I search for a flute that’ll calm all its rage
And gasp amidst currents untracked.

To another lost friend:
You were right when you said
I have too much that is locked
And too much with no access left.
But why didn’t you dare to batter them down
When you found all the hammers that I hid?

I know I am not sunshine on plains
Or a plain little frankincense dawn:
But aren’t there those who’ll warm to a chase
And pick up the gauntlet I left?

To an admirer:
My moralistic self is too much of a bore
And can be all brutish at times.
But still do I feel
The pulse of your dance
And marvel at the honesty I missed.

Bogged within rooms full of too many in masks
I’ve cowered behind armours of pose.

 An extended hand is taken to be cut,
A soft spoken word as sign of distress,
Modesty in speech as arrogance imbued
Lost within books as narcissism rife:
Such are the ways of life in this world
Which only knows opposites of good.

Yet on the overcast mornings of spring
With birds all aflutter in trees,
I gaze to the horizon of light dappled clouds
And feel in my breath a moistness of breeze
That blows from the seas to my shores.
And all of my cloaks of loneliness and loss
Lift up and leave with lightness of dust
And awaken the prayers I was taught:

“Let me be free within expanse of light
All beneath canopies of sky
Let me be free within branches of leaves
And atoms of dust and grass
Let me be free from vanity and lust
And all else that gnaws at our heart.

Let me be free from the nets of this world
And search for the peace among stars.”

18 comments:

Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene) said...

this was a wonderful write. insightful, sensitive, intuitive and artistic. i enjoyed this. gracias for sharing

brudberg said...

So much on our life's path is left.. so much undone, so many friends waiting. Yet we trudge on until we reach the end. Love how you sing this song for us.

Anonymous said...

And all of my cloaks of loneliness and loss
Lift up and leave with lightness of dust

...nicely done.

Kerry O'Connor said...

There are times to face up to the past and make one's peace. Great to read your poetry again.

Marian said...

Abin! I'm always so glad to see your link. This piece, wow. It reads like a bloodletting. Hope this got it all out. Canopy of sky far better than canopy of illusion with those battering rains.

rallentanda said...

Maybe the hammers were to hard to find so they put you in the 'too hard' basket. Commitment with effort is not commonplace.Best to find comfort in the stars or go dancing with Anonymous.A frankincense dawn is never plain:)Interesting thought provoking poem.

Bekkie Sanchez said...

A stunning write and I don't have the words.

Sherry Blue Sky said...

I loved the turning, towards the end, from loss and regret, towards hope and peace. Very beautifully written.

ZQ said...

A wonderful prayer.
ZQ

Mary said...

Abin, this is really a masterpiece of reflection. It seems to be addressing so many components of life as a way to come to terms with them. A classmate, a lost friend, a mistake, an admirer, etc. Something to say to all. I feel like I have just been given a wonderful gift of insight from your words!

Donna said...

I love how you end this...

'Yet on the overcast mornings of spring
With birds all aflutter in trees,
I gaze to the horizon of light dappled clouds
And feel in my breath a moistness of breeze
That blows from the seas to my shores.
And all of my cloaks of loneliness and loss
Lift up and leave with lightness of dust'

Anonymous said...

I especially love the first two lines, the closing two lines, and this: "An extended hand is taken to be cut."

J.N.T. said...

Bravo! You truly have a gift my friend. I'm sure the addressed would forgive you and cherish you for life now. Your words moved me. Very heartfelt.

SuyashJ said...

right from the first line ! ... damn that hit hard

Sumana Roy said...

"When the canopy of illusion is lost / The torrents of truth batter hard."...the best moments of life journey begins then...

Anonymous said...

Someone else mentioned prayer and I would have to agree,

Elizabeth

Sanaa Rizvi said...

Such a beautifully insightful poem :)

humbird said...

Justice...it's always up to us,our freedom, our choice, our desire to follow...but it's time to let it go, to forgive and move on...~ great psychological depth in your writing!