The essential poem
The essential poem
one that relates
the clouds and the trees
to an earth that would
otherwise be barren
the words that enter
into the very dynamics
of what it is to exist
and to be breathingly alive
attuned to the beauties
of light that plays
on the calm sea surface
or the breeze that ruffles
the leaves of the forest
words that make sense
words that draw colours
together and moves shapes
into a moving composition
in which the subtle harmonies
outlast the darkest thunder
the lover chooses words
out of desire out of hunger
for the opulence of flesh
upon willing flesh
and a kind of fulfillment
that makes sense of the horizon
and the movement of planets
of wheat raised from the soil
that feeds the necessitous soul :
the essential poem is a song
condensed from loving energies
informed by lip and finger
a tactile clairvoyance that knows
from the softness of her breast
that life without love
is utter desolation
John Lyons