Particle and wave

the energy that binds
              one thing with another
the energy that moves
              in me and through me
and all around me
              the energy that I carry forward
into new enterprises
              new manifestations of myself
and my interaction
              with all the other energies
that surround me

The pulse in all things
              in Attic shapes
in the rose
              in her lips
and in my song

When was it
              Wallace asks
that the particles became
              the whole man ?

Whose hand shaped the clay
              into what became
the Grecian urn ?
               Clay working upon clay
Whose hand hardened it
              in the fire
so that it would be there
              for all time ?

A breathing human passion 
               The energy to create
and so direct those energies
              to a precise purpose
earth to earthenware
              clay to Keats
poet to poetry
              truth to beauty

John Lyons

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