Be Poem by David Pettus

Be





Just, Be

Eyes to look through the independence of I
The smile to laugh in remark not having to know why
Just as the breeze swiftly arises
The joy in the midst of the witty surprises
Running along the puddles catching a glimpse
The reflection of a child's mirror
Smiling into the inner spark
To journey in between life's moments
Sighing out memories as they float away
Into each distant heart
Passion into the virtue of patience
Like the fingers gliding along piano melody keys
This rhythm unfolded in each word
Holds what one cannot see
So just,
Be

As not look for it
Just be in the presence of oneness in movement
To look outside the window watching
The butterfly dancing in the sunsets awareness
Not a glance
Now the moonlight sways with emotion
Feeling the soul essence where the mind is no chance
So just,
Be

Ocean in tides of vision through tears that melt the soft eyes
As the soul starts to slowly passionately ignite
To look at the violet life
To reflect back vision into your awe inspiring mind
Reaching a hand up to the sunshine
In a childish curious way
To be absorbed in pure innocence
Although both scales are times out weighed
For paths to cross over in different ways
So just,
Be

Where the body floats in thought forms
As imagination leads the way In the empty space where forgotten dreams roam
I did not know where
For I did not know why
It's the dead space in the desolate night
The hair drying
The lips cracking from the blistering cold
Movement of bones feel stiffened
Slightly up tight
Eyes blur,
Now vision feels aging and old
So just,
Be

It's not just an echo
The path through the mist
Let our minds not seize into worry
Let our thoughts be of bliss
To portray often
Let each moment float by our will
As the footsteps to the lost in our missed
To hang in between balance
As wisdom would seed to see
So just,
Be

Now the slow moving spiraling rise
To breathe in melodies skies
Sighing out angelic symphonies while closing fragile eyes
Through the whimsical iris where memories are held
Take leaps through celestial atmospheric fields
Discovering what imagination really is
When life is a dream you took home
To nurture the hand in guidance
Now doors float like lost ships in the air
To close the door all alone
So just,
Be

Let our whim carry star light expressions
Enduring essence this flesh may not be
As we watched our fellow full of oppressions
The snow flakes to caress the body
The coldest blanket
The closest warmth to a bed
To freeze in the night
Waking as a statue under the living tree
So just,
Be

Now the thought you thought you where thinking
Was merely the observation of ideas in reflection
Now the vision is going backwards past memories that are escaping
Absorbing the fluent wanders a mind can't hold from sinking
A pace two words away
Where feet walk on soft clouds
Along this pace
Comes the silence of thought
To look back at what we've made
To look into tears of the young so proud
While times escapes in this moment
To be left alone
To read this out loud
So just,
Be