in the mirror of truth
when we come face to face
with the devil that hides
in our most sacred place
we will have to admit
we portrayed an illusion
and now we can’t help
but to see our delusion
yet it comes with a gift
having seen our true selves
for at last now we see
the true everyone else
crystal balls
fall all around
and shatter
as they strike
the ground
while silently
we march
en masse
o’er bloody
drifts of
broken glass
how beautiful
the crystal sphere
a perfect orb
so pure and clear
yet hold a shard
up to the sun
and rainbows
shine on
everyone
(orig. posted 4-16)
“Working late again, dear,” he moaned.
in my mind’s eye
i catch the solar wind
and sail the cosmic stream
i pass by great port cities
burning through the night
a billion lights agleam
standing on this ebon bow
silently i sail the stream
beyond these cosmic ports
within this cosmic dream
on nature’s palette
sky blue and sun yellow are
mixed to make grass green
my final sunset
will be someone’s first sunrise
at the same moment
i look at my grandchildren
and accept the grander scheme
–photo by me
His name was Jack Pine
And he died for our sins,
Still he stands there in line
With his wires and pins;
While other trees ’round
Freely reach for the sky,
He is lashed to the ground
Without roots and bone-dry.
There once came a day
When his wires went dead,
For man found a way
To use cell phones instead;
Still he stands there in line
As the new age begins–
His name was Jack Pine
And he died for our sins.
I’ll not see the pearly gates
Nor blaze of the infernal,
For thanks to Zeno’s paradox,
My life must be eternal:
The time I’ve left divides in half
In fractions, o’er and o’er,
So mathematically, at least,
I’ll live forevermore!
The time I’ve left divides in half
In fractions, o’er and o’er,
So mathematically, at least,
I’ll live forevermore!
So mathematically, at least,
I’ll live forevermore!
I’ll live forevermore!
orion hovers
over a vein of pure gold
in the black forest
out here I feel my spirit
out here I plumb my soul
–photo by my son, aaron
searching for why
i came upon when,
what, and where,
but nobody could
explain the why
question mark
looking deep into
higher knowledge,
i sampled wicca
studied the vedas
sacred geometry
and freemasonry
comma
learned kabbalah
read the holy bible
book of the dead
the way of the tao
quantum physics
and cosmology
exclamation point
my efforts were
not completely
without reward
as i did uncover
an absolute truth:
no man, now or
ever, knows why
period
michaeljordahl 