Freedom Within

Freedom Within
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I used to battle
and race in concrete rationality
In limiting humiliating slavery
In blind bondage, in technical utopia
In the mechanical march of time.
Then we met at Montparnasse
And time elongated, then stood still.
We paused to watch a running stream
Listen to the wind blowing through the trees
Follow the sun across the azure skies.
I felt the growth of seeds
The quiet ageing of trees
The warming of the earth and seasons
The patterns of stars
across the dark canvas of the sky.
Within I knew, knew when to plant
and when to harvest
When to change
with the tempo and the rhythms
Like water in a rock-strewn mountain stream.
In your radiance I saw light
The exquisite corpse drank new wine.
With your perfume in my reality,
Dali’s Conquest of the Irrational
Ticking on a melting clock,
I saw time shrink, time expand
time curl and time wink
I saw time stand still
And slip forward again.
From the rapid vibration
and quantum pulse of a sub-electron
To the resonant rhythms of the expanding universe
Into non linear dimensions making a noisy entrance
Between yin and yang of light and darkness
We danced, enjoined in chaos and harmony.
Hours were seconds, a minute took years
Time flowed to a vibrant dance
The dance of the moon and dance of the sun
The jazz and double bass of the cosmic dance
On currents, eddies and vortices of time, floating free.
Free as the comet shooting across iridium skies
Free as the Oort clouds in the outer milky way
Free as the radio waves carrying the colors of distant stars
Free to act, free to decide, free to feel freedom inside
Free to vibrate with the omnipresent eye
Find my peace within.