Soul Equilibrium

...a "Soul Journey" poem by Harlon Rivers

Glass half empty glass half full

The teeter totter goes up and down

Once left on a high wire balancing act

Falling helter skelter to the ground,

Vanishing without a trace… a safety net was ever found

Twin pan balancing scale

An icon that deliberates lost souls

Counterweight balancing scale weighs,

Which heart bares a heavier load?

When we’re young or when we grow old?

Pendulum swings to and fro

Balanced by continuum time

Pivot centers symmetry

Each gentle pendulum’s swing

Measures the rhythm of time

Seesaw ride goes up and down

Equilibrium in a paradox disguise

Opposite matching pairs balance

Steadiness lost … stability is found

While standing on uneven ground

Sense of balance resembles life’s emotions

Just look around, you’ll see

This long road we have traveled

Sometimes uphill … sometimes down

This journey is the destination until the final setting sun

Someday over the rainbow

We’ll know the reasons why

Glass half empty … glass half full?

Half of whole is twice as good

Symmetry of balance, keeps hope alive

While believing life’s cup

Feels nearly half empty

Come and fill it full to the brim

When this roller coaster ride brings you down

Look up for brightness shining down

When the seesaw’s drop

Brings you to your knees

Don’t surrender to gravity

Imagine a sense of balance

You will not drown…

Gravity will pull you down

Inertia of motion helps you fly

While this journey fluctuates

Pursue the conscious need for balance

Its how the heart and soul survives

© 2012 Harlon Rivers 

vocal chimera

... a poem by Harlon Rivers... from the Whispering Moon Beams poetry blog ~

... understand this moment has come to just write what you feel… don’t ever let anyone say what you believe you feel is wrong ~

... calling out my name

from the far off distance,

an enchanting  tone of voice

came to me in a dream ...

what if I was heard from another realm?

my soul screaming 

into the silence of the night?

... answering just wouldn't matter

when there is no one listening …

... awakened …

by a throaty voice

breaking the silence of slumber

... quietly standing tall

unable to escape from  a dream

that’s already come and gone …

... believing in something hard enough

does not make it true

ignorance of some portion of the truth

only makes you slightly aware

no matter how crystal clear

the vivid truth becomes…

whether you are taking

the placebo or the medication

... perception heals all wounds

answering rhetorical questions out loud

left me alone at dawn

stranded like a black sheep

banished from the fold …

... questions aren't really questions

when the answers are already known

misunderstanding the literal

erroneously innocent out of unawareness

seems like getting lost
taking the wrong road home ...

© 2012 Harlon Rivers

A Long Way Inward

© 2012 Harlon Rivers

A Long Way Within

It’s a long way across rivers wide

A lifetime from shore to rocky shoal

It’s difficult to envision that the earth is turning round

While leering blindly, lost in the womb of time

It’s been a long way from way back then to here and now

An unfinished journey from the cradle to the grave

When the mind can’t see tomorrow,

The stars won’t guide you home

It’s a long march up the proverbial hill

A long way across to other distant rock-strewn spires

The possibilities are vast and yet the pathway is unknown

It’s a long mile to carry the weight of that load

The road is long since the embryo of the dawn

Over the hills and far away

Glowing light at the end of the tunnel remains undefined

Until you take that final imminent earthly stride headed home

We’ll never ascend to the highest mountain peaks

Through faithless, fleeting stabs in the dark

Standing on the brink of a precipice

Just a step away leaves one hanging by a thread

There’s a distinct ulterior boundary wall

Looming in the vista beyond

Patient perception unveils the cosmic distance

Witnessing the sphere of life's evolution, through the spirit from within…

© 2012 Harlon Rivers