So you have abandoned me
At least it feels like it
You have let me drift on the shores
Of helplessness and suffering
For you were too humble
Never showing your qualities
When I needed specificities
Preferences as good and bad
That’s why I didn’t notice you
You were reaching far and wide
Never complying to any border
When I wanted something to rely on
That was solid and densely felt
That’s why I missed your embrace
You had no place in time to be
Never travelling in linearity
When I desired to grasp you so
Within a thought or a moment
That’s why you left elusively
You had no care for a distance
Always standing so merged and close
When I liked you slightly remote
To catch you in my wilful gaze
That’s why I overlooked you
You had no taste for the personal
Always averse to belonging
When I sought you in my puny self
And discarded the world for it
That’s why I shrugged at your beauty
You kept away from conditions
Always shining unreservedly
When I expected you in the bright
Not in the dark and the lowly
That’s why I misunderstood you
You were with me shining and clear
Always loving all beings and things
When I was torn in suffering
And thought you had abandoned me
I must have simply looked away
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Text and photo by Alain Joly
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Suggestion:
– Voices from Silence (other poems from the blog)
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Alain Joly, I enjoyed reading ” overlooking you”. Faith in a higher power & trust in self alone takes you up on the spiritual path. Both are gift of grace and this combination is essential for progress.
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Thank you for your comment. I’m happy you enjoyed this little poem. 🙏
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