Sestina – “Tides”

Stumbling awkwardly, reacting at reality,

Fumbling in the stark darkness

where the only guide is: the chime of time

the pain of flight through life

the held breath of the gamble as we chance that dance

Through all that is eternal.

 

Walk slowly, gain certainty through senses in the eternal

Realms that render such resplendent reality.

Walk slowly, with poise, confidence, then gracefully dance

and dash with daring through the darkness,

Weave, weft, warp in the loom that is life

and ties into the threads of time.

 

Rise high and fly – it is time

For elation and euphoria of the experience in the eternal

Flight of fleeting life.

From lofty levels, look what is left in all reality,

The harshness of darkness

Entrances, one glance and the dance-

 

What dance?

Freeze the time

In frigid darkness

Unchanging eternal.

This is the cold reality,

Fragility of life.

 

What is life,

But a dance

through reality

and time:

A journey of light through eternal

Darkness.

 

Embrace the darkness,

Melt the soft snow, and let it breathe life.

Embrace the ebb and flow of the eternal,

Quick, slow – quick quick slow- and dance

The dance of time

Entwined with reality.

 

Define the darkness to your dance,

Tune your life to the tick of time

And eternal bliss becomes reality.