17 August 2005

The search



an emotional sceptic
raised on guilt and shame
he was given nothing
but breath and a name

drinking back the anger
swimming against the tide
to keep alive the notion
of self-taught love and pride

a code of holy pressure
stunted nature’s growth
blind belief in heaven
ignores the hell on earth

life and love forever
he sees between the cracks
as half a century later
he peels the layers back

12 comments:

JJ said...

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L

Russell CJ Duffy said...

bloody excellent mate.

Perfect Virgo said...

JJ - the past can very nearly stifle us if we let it. I think I have changed my indoctrinated outlook.

CJ - bloody thanks mate. I could have stretched this out but decided the shorter statment was more effective...

Morgan said...

YES, bloody excellant.

I GET totally overwhelmed sometimes by all that is going on around me (my life is so strange at the moment).

But I look up and see my soon-to-be three-year-old son strip stark naked running around the backyard having a ball. Life really is that simple.

Perfect Virgo said...

Morgan - thanks for reading, yes life can be overwhelming but it only takes a glance at a child having fun to remind us of perspective.

Perfect Virgo said...

Finn - thanks! It could be a requiem for lost youth but I prefer to think of it as heralding the renaissance of love and life!

Grace said...

Spectacular!

Perfect Virgo said...

Grace - religion can really spoil a childhood... Thankfully I'm over it now and making my own rules.

V said...

Very effective indeed. Beautiful words.

gulnaz said...

that is growth, so beautifully written about.

Perfect Virgo said...

V - all about finding out what your own rules are and where you fit in I think.

Gulnaz - yes growth and maturity. I'm still growing even at my severely advanced age!

Perfect Virgo said...

Flea - or maybe it's an onion with layers that reduce you to tears as you unpeel each one?