..Once in a while one is caught up in the flow


Waves




 I see it
squarely

in the eye 

Nothing is

square

outside of us 

our quest
for symmetry
is a ruse
to offset
our lopsided 
inner being

 I am struck
by the crystalline regularity
by the grammatic perfection
on atomic levels 
molecular precision

 but the summary of all
is not squares
but ondulating flows
irregular quirks
patterns eccentric 

 harmony is
imperfections in flow
irregularities in rythm


I am not on the crest
of any wave
I am a particle
of one 

 when I go with
the flow
I cease being a square peg
trying to force
a round hole
to my shape

 I become one
for once
part and parcel
of the pulse
beating
universally


not mindless nirvana
wide awake presence 



Poetry by Teddy Donobauer
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Written on 2010-06-05 at 06:56

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liz munro The PoetBay support member heart!
this has a great flow like the ebb of a tide.

I like the meaning in these words
2010-10-10


NicholasG
I guess 'the flow' is much like a bus. We get on and off when and where it serves.
Fine writing Teddy.
Thanks.
2010-06-05