When I posted The Panther, these musings began to circulate and percolate. They were part of that post and they kept resonating in ways that were difficult to ignore. More often than not, humans are the designers of their cages. We struggle to set aside the desires and ego that form the bars. Setting these aside, is a liberating process.
Mindlessly,
I build these cages,
Bars more imagined, than real;
Yet, impenetrable.
I look deep,
I find an inner source;
Here, power and beauty
In restful communion.
Here, the ego steps aside,
I let go;
Bars melt,
The cage is no more.
No longer, a captive of my making,
I walk–
The meadow endless;
Yet, much revealed in this place.
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Nice poem, good work Sir.
Thank you.
🙂 LL=large like & congrats… Oh, at first reading, I thought the Love Panther… 😉
http://myvirtualplayground.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/la-tendresse-du-jour-la-panthere-de-lamour/
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bonne fin de semaine, tonnes d’inspiration et amicales pensées… cheers, Mélanie
Merci Melanie.
In addition to cages far to often we may nail ourselves to a cross of our own fabrication.
That we do Carl. We allow other people, at least in our minds, to deny what is within our control.