A bravura of the mind
Fret fear fate
new texts in the world
as though time dragging its heels
even though time does not exist
outside of our perception
the archaic forms of poetry
from worlds long gone
the shift in customs and belief
and so much forgotten
or abandoned and yet
the struggle is the same
how to deal with the day
how to fill our lives
with being
and how to remain open
to love in all its gestures
receptive also to truth
the beauty of it
to know the value
of our breath
a bravura both of the mind
and of the heart
John Lyons