Haunting magnificence

By: Sam Alexander

iT beGan in the familiar daRk
wiThin the miDDle peDesTrian worlD inTerSectiNg thE unExPlaiNed
A geMstone froZen, a faTHom evadeD, a palPitating baffled, the gaLatiAn remarKeD
A timeloCK charmed, yet a Law abided
What yoU could neVer knoW/
HauntinglY maGnificienT, like a cLoSet in the mind
braCing the yearning wastelaNds of hUmAn pOtential
the taKing of tHe path of winDeIng sTaiR
tHrougH the daRkness you noW sHalL pasS, sensoring the wateriNg edGes
yOuR strOlling exertIOns wrapped in the everstretcHing GreyNess of the thicK Solstice gasping
meAndering the neurOkinetics of the FoRest sLuMBer
Reaching for something
Into the Great BeYond
sCarCeLy FreQuented by anY but the bouNdary guARd
where ConscIence melts to mattEr
The decemBeR’s breeze iS real
the sPinning eXhalations 
The realNess of the reMinding twilight
Serendipitously chasing the seTTing sun
oVer the blocKinG HiLL, through the anciENt Heart of the weaving brancHes
A sLiver of iNfiNiTe lighT set PierCing against the MatRix coDes
DarinGly, imPossibly bRiLLiaNT
eYeballs glued to the skipPing seconds
standInG sTill
pocKeting the waning Bridge of a thoUsand-liGht-Years and its amBeR ray
aNd stRanGer realms surFing the rAw expreSSion of a HigHeR forM
 reSolVing the testInG PsYchE its bOnEs back through tHe eclipSed passagiNg wilderness 
to which you MUST return
to get home
WordS whispered for a beaUtiFUl moMent scatTERed among the forever Lost
LiKe the meMorieS of YesterYear coVered by the raining SnoW
By the Meanings of Our tRauMas
iT’s EasieR to caTcH the rIsing Sun
than the silence of mY eTerNal waNdeRing

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