Eyes Wide Open Poem by David Lacey

My feet are bare and restless
Asylum walls could not hold me
I am free here
Absorbed within the harmony of all
Free beyond fear
Free beyond the walls of my confinement.

I have seen the garden lost and secret frozen
I have seen beyond the velvet corridor labyrinth winding.
I have heard sirens sing from unknown shores
And I have known more... more than I could ever wish to know.

I have danced with the Devil at the crossroads
And paraded in cyclictic motions with nymphs of forest sanctuary
I have crossed dust desert trails and still I sail the ocean sky
Still I sigh in crying
And here I die in trying
To find solace in your eyes.

So many faces
So many places
Not enough space
Not enough faith

With dreams entwined by silver linings everything seems so fine
And Heaven scented discontentment’s are no concern of mine.
Father Time is watching and passing as we speak
Distorting in the looking glass the day becomes the week.

One within the moment
One within the movement
And rising

One within the movement
We are petals in descent
Now and then the moment
Is the gift and not the present.

No clinics are needed for we the youth who are ourselves
Reconstructing our worlds with greener pastures
Eyes wide open
Chasing the stars in passing.