The Poet's Poem Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

In the poet's mind
A poem stands secluded
Shrouded by mystery
No amount of coercion
Can dislodge it from its nest
No amount of thought
Can break through its cocoon
It's only patience that can reach within
The enclosed premises of our consciousness
It's only hope that can discover the entrance to this mystery
It's only Love that can hold a poem inside its mother's womb
A poem is not an element of time or space
It's not a property of the intelligent mind
It's an encounter with the sacred knowledge
A poem emerges from the annihilation of time and space
A poem is a product of the unknown
A poem is formed from the mysterious realization (awareness)
That within the Silence
There is poetry
Within the non-existent
There is existence
Within the emptiness
There is plenty
Within the unknown
There is life
Within the known (time and space)
There is nothingness
Within you and me
There is us
A poet's poem is illuminated
Not assembled or constructed
A poet's poem comes from surrendering yourself
And becoming part of the hand of creation

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