poet
you are enigma
darkness and shadow
you veil and shroud
fire and light
you burn and incandesce
torch my essence
burn deep my soul
trouble my spirit
unsettle my being
then poet
ignite my wonder
whet my seeker’s vessel
with need
to be filled full
poet
at once familiar
yet
exotically foreign
wonderfully strange
wrongly boxed but
exquisitely wrapped
in angst
indignation
longing
discovery
loss
in love
with all these
and infinitely more
you reach an empty place
deep within
echoing my past
awakening my myths
exposing
that which I embrace
in the moment
as truth
refocus me
stirring my pain
my anger
my loneliness
my hope
offering just enough answer
that I combust with question
sacred uncertainty
I’m held
suspended in inquiry
in memories of neverwas
enrapt by your careful words
transfixed by mystery
elevated by insight
impaled by vision
spellbound
This one left me spellbound. It’s magical 🙂
Thank you Nara…
…rob
…’infinitely more’ is right – but you covered the main points that explain the attraction, fascination and wonder of the creative process.
It’s a magical thing Stan…
…rob
Like the mysticism here…
half-way through
Thank you Gautami…
…rob
You have said a lot about both the creative process and reading a piece of created work! Spellbinding!
Thank you Mary…
…rob
Lists within lists, yet focused and direct. The Creative process is worth a life time of exploration.
Elizabeth
Worth many lifetimes ElizaBeth…
…rob
Oh Rob, this is gorgeous. I felt every word deep within. Bravo!
~Brenda
Thank you very much Brenda, your words are gratifying…
…rob
This chimes with my own feelings about creativity. I particularly liked the stanza:
“enrapt by your careful words
transfixed by mystery
elevated by insight
impaled by vision”
ViV
Creative minds think alike Viv… 😉
…rob
Nice, Rob! I particularly like the encapsulization of these lines:
at once familiar
yet
exotically foreign
wonderfully strange
Very much the task of the artist, that, to take the familiar and defamiliarize it, to take the unfamiliar and make it like smooth, well-worn leather.
Thank you Paul, I appreciate your kind words…
…rob
I also combust Rob reading your spellbound words.
Thank you Irene…
…rob
Gosh Rob, it’s busy inside the poet-you. Maybe I’m glad I’m too simple minded for all of that! 🙂
Love the lines, “wrongly boxed but / exquisitely wrapped”. Made me smile!
Neil, it is far too “busy” inside my head — but I have learned to live with it… my wife might argue the point of how effectively I do or do not cope… 😉
…rob