"Destined Minds"

THE AUTUMN OF MY YEARS

The tree bears fruit in Autumn
third the season between
summer and winter it falls

northern temperate zone at
the autumnal equinox,
of perfect moment

the harvest that favors life
where there are whispers in the wind
that called softly my name

and so co-ordinated the celestiele
of time at which the vernal point
brings the celestial equator

and though it must end
at winters solstice
I shall live while I may

in reality day is longer than night
and there by pure light I see
the golden falling leaves

and so the transition of change
that I may live so centered
and enjoy my blossoming fruit

for I cannot spend another moment
without another orange sherbet sunrise
nor an Autumn without trees


Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008

IN MY SKIN

In my skin truth and assurance
lies and rests within my frame
fresh beauty is peeled back to reveal

more than the curves your eyes
transfixed follow in my form
appreciating the soft texture and glow

self possesion of this wayward limbs
and all the organs that sustain
the resting place I call home

assurance oozes from my pores
that castes more beauty than there is
found in the vital quality of confidence

sensory pleasure that manifests
my design and rythm that provides
perceptual satisfication that takes

one's breath away for they have
entered the garden of Eve, self relfection
asserts harmony's call and vision

poetic beauty laid in man's mind
where the creative consciousness of man
intervenes with nature

compelled to gaze, compelled to touch
compelled to meld and join in union
this sensual delight who posseses his heart.

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008

THE BLACK HOLE

the ultimate of all abyss
I found myself floundering in darkness
in this cosmic body that pulls me into
the intenseness of nothing that not
even light can escape

celestial black hole attracting everything near
as now the depletion of all its sources
and no longer with any energy
and event the horizon that calls
you into its being

trapped the light that on the horizon defines
as time and space the same stand still
the tidal forces are prepared
to tear all matter apart
this beast of nature's universe

so where lies the point of no return
where all life force is doomed to dissappear
and never return to a former state
all is lost in space and time
all is lost

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008
www.freewebs.com/poetrybymareelong

RESOLUTION

so resolute ones determination
made in earnest promise
of unshakable resolve
that rings in the New Year

of merely clanging cymbals
of what has been said before
sounding so hollow now
that seems so laughable to the ear

for I know that I will continue to
eat pavolova for breakfast
for it is steadfastly considered
dairy and part of the 5 basic groups of food

however as I voice my earnest
of self prophecy and command
you should all be cheering me
and not in mocking tones considered to be rude...

I will, I will, I promise
I will diet and exercise
and stick to my fitness regime

and not slack off or falter
and ride my bike for an hour
till no longer splitting pants at the seam

and yes I will eat more healthily
and give up smoking too
no longer date a million guys
or turn up so late for work

no longer I in idle gossip
for my bad neighbors now have moved town
no longer will I be complaining
or ignoring the chores I often shirk

and I will spend more time with family
and keep in touch with Aunty Jan
and invite poor Uncle Jo for dinner
and promise to be a better Aunty

I will stop and smell the roses more
and take up a hobby or two
will endeavor to pay the taxes on time
and certainly give more to charity

Oh New Year, oh New Year, ring on please
you know that you are killing me
and bringing me to my knees....

bring on the auldangsyne
that weve sung a thousand times...
and just let me see the fireworks
and do the countdown as everyone in unison chimes

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2007
www.freewebs.com/poetrybymareelong

NOTE TO SELF: for next poem piece
the prismatic resolution of sunlight
that divides into its spectral colors

THE DESTINED MIND OF PHILOSOPHY

from abstract to concrete
ideas seep into the well of the mind
necessity of intergration, the consistency of contradiction
the truth I look and seek, but where would I find?

self-doubt, like a ball and chain in the place
where your mind's wings should have grown
undigested a myriad of irational thought prevails
and all that thou once knew have out the window flown

The unexamined life is not worth living
or so Socrates, he says
but foolish is the man who says there is no God
and limited are his days

and entirely divisable the mind
that looks outside of God and His word
for who can exceed the power of the lawgiver
for emptiness will always be theirs, the empty minds that have not heard

simplistic the basic distinction of all primeval thought
independant disciplines the philosophy of the id
is merely playing games with the conscious
and keeping the truth well hid

philosophers no more than scientists hypothesis
asking the most burning of all question
so is there a God and how ought I to live?
and all the evidence of logic answered in fine precision

so is analysis of reason and argument
the particular province of philosophy
and in maddening search beyond the creator
or simply put, in searching has my mind fallen out the tree

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 1007
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