Poetry

Existence
 
by Steven Andrew Kacsmar
 
What are we who walk the Earth?
It seems to me we’re creatures 
Who have sprung forth
   from the womb of Nature,
      from our Mother, 
         Mother Earth.
 
We’re the elements compacted;
Our muscles they contract
For we are movement,
And we are change.
 
Restricted by mundane affairs,
We don’t take time to see 
   beyond what’s there.
 
But every earthly grandeur,
Every mountain, every sea,
Every atom of every tree,
And every road and building that we see,
Is naught but part and parcel 
   of our complete identity.
 
Each emerging cry,
And each life-ending sigh
Adds to the whole, something irreplaceable.
 
Each and every tear that’s shed,
Each sorrow felt, each pang of dread,
And every heart that feels like lead
Will experience completion 
And the just recompense of the impartial Law,
For balance exists and the see will saw.
And it will be known that there never was flaw.
 
 
I can see that we’re more than meets the eye,
We may be earth but we’re also sky,
And the vast expanse of time and space
Exists within you and I.
 
What are we who walk the Earth?
We are experience;
Joy,    Sorrow,    Love,    Fear and Hate,
Ambiguity,           Confusion,
Wisdom blossoming out of Pure Emotion,
Radiant Thought,   Irrefutable Logic,    Desire,
Inter-related web of action and response, 
Unconquerable Creativity.
We are that which is indescribable,
For how can you describe
Existence?

Ocean Sung Song
 
By Steven Kacsmar

On the surface splashing, surging
Waves that crash against the shore.
Sings the ocean it’s song of rhythm;
Life and death forever more.
 
And as I stand upon the sand
And listen to that ancient call,
I catch a sound, the voice of wisdom
Life and death for one and all.
 
From each end a new beginning
Sprouts a bud from beneath the snow
And love will bloom again in springtime
Around their stars the planets go.

Spiral cycles never ending 
Code of life within each cell.
Now extoll your cosmic greeting.
Life’s enchantment casts a spell.
 
I smile to myself.
I guess I might as well.
Life’s just what is,
I’m just who I am,
And only time will tell.

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