Our peace
Spyros Koroniotis 1978 (Athens)
I looked at the horrible faces,
agnostic,
I look at the beautiful faces,
pristine,
I looked for a summer in the midst of winter,
and for repose in a gruelling duel with death and oblivion.
I looked for salvation,
looked outside the door for breath and bread.
I looked towards the sun,
and inwards,
and moved upwards and moved closer to the stars,
within the cyclone of your scars,
within the summer of your love.
I looked before overlooking anything,
and beyond hope,
and before tomorrow and happy as I was
I kissed life on the chicks and sat
next to a pumpkin
and read limericks.
I looked within your eyes and tried to find out if they were true,
and since they were true I looked further into your heart,
and without further I do I said can we be one?
I sat under the bodhi tree and said can I be a bodhisattva,
and I was open to love and open to desire,
and open to freedom of movement
and the amorous rain fell on my toes and it felt so free.
I looked into your eyes and within your heart and saw love,
and saw possibility and discovery and laughter.
For I had tasted your love so much,
and tasted your dreams in my sleep.
I looked within you, within me, and tried to find your peace,
our peace.
About this poem
This is poem on buddhism, life, on letting wounds heal, on struggling to find peace of mind and salvation and on the beauty of life and nature.
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Written on May 09, 2023
Submitted by Afriendtothemartyr on May 08, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,212 |
Words | 267 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 2, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2 |
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