Beyond
Beyond
There is a place that lies between,
Not fantasy, but living dream,
You may visit, but cannot stay,
Yet live a year within a day.
I fell in there, or was I pushed,
It seems there was a merest touch,
A hint to let go of the bonds,
An invitation to beyond.
There was a time that I could go,
And learn the things no one could know.
But this is now and that was then –
I wish that I could go again.
So many voices, the chorus sings.
So many verses of many things.
Knowledge granted you cannot hold,
Still, one of all things you are told.
I rested there, and still labored,
Every being there was a neighbor.
Bliss and worry became one,
And nothing asked did I shun.
There was a time that I could go,
And learn the things no one could know.
But this is now, and I don’t know when –
That I could ever know again.
A year or more I drifted there,
Cocooned it seemed in velvet snare.
Was I made whole or made undone?
It seemed my thought had come unspun.
I returned from time to time,
To hear again the wordless rhyme,
But over time I’ve lost the knack,
Now I may not make it back.
There was a time that I could go,
And learn the things no one could know.
But this is now; I’m unsure I’ve ever been –
But there are things I would know again.
Cliff Lake 10/15/2024
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