Darkness And Light Seen Through The Mirror Of Being Poem by Patti Masterman

Darkness And Light Seen Through The Mirror Of Being

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She is not embedded in this room, but she still lives here
Her reflections gathering back upon the wood like happy birds,
Flocking to a bird meeting in some tree; and though no tales are told
Histories are entrenched in scars and tack holes,
A strange dullness upon the painted wall, here and there
That to others could mean nothing at all- and yet they possess weight
And substance, a dimensionality in the memories they give birth to.

We are all darkness and light, intermixed
Shaken into days of metered sun and random shade;
Stirred up- until the bubbles rise, now newly born-
That our own selves made.

Books can define even a person who seems invisible within themselves,
And papers and journals reveal quirks of handwriting and thought process;
And though the small child itself is no longer represented here
With toys and artifacts; yet the child's ghost lingers here, most of all,
Whiling away a never-ending childhood's grace, in the strange way
Of all humans, to never really grow up, but only to enclose their youth
With adult sentiments and cares, perhaps never noticing how the eyes
May still sometimes look upon the world with the purity of innocence-
Only within the nest, that room once was.

We are all mirrors, shining our selves
Onto the mirrors of others; and when we reflect
It casts a new light never seen,
On what we were- and are to be.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Eric Cockrell 26 November 2011

without darkness there can be no light... what we were is what we are, and will be... you capture this very well! good job!

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Smoky Hoss 25 November 2011

Welcome back 'Patti'. Beautiful words here that you have presented to us. Your light shines.

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Guillermo Veloso 22 November 2011

absolutely wonderful! ! ! !

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Margaret Alice Second 22 November 2011

Yes, absolutely! I agree with you - and sometimes the dark overwhelms the light, of course...

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