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the secreted light

by Laura Doom


I am the light
without a shadow
of a doubt

I see everything
in blackened white
through sleepless eyes

I breathe the fire
of hopeless aspiration
to the point of exhaustion

I am a shadow
of my former self
seeking questions

fractions of integrity
are revealed
by my reflections

We crave the shade
that seeks extinction
by illumination

We please ourselves
the blinded leading the blind
into the eclipse


I am the cycle
re-inventing the will
not to seek

conflict

10/10/2005

Author's Note: Stuff stalking me after reading 'The Secret of The LIGHT' - The Light Side (Rules)

Posted on 10/10/2005
Copyright © 2024 Laura Doom

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Ashok Sharda on 10/17/05 at 05:01 PM

Paradoxically, We have, just this consciousness to understand what consciousness is. We are in a hall of mirror.

Posted by Rula Shin on 10/19/05 at 08:08 PM

For me this is meaningful in that it is conscious of the cyclical nature of dark and light and all its symbolic extensions, within us as well as without. This illustrates awareness of the meaninglessness, the monotony, and the inevitable approach of a natural need to FIND meaning subjectively, realizing (if we can) that objectivity is no option. In any case, what black or white, dark or light signify to me are two poles, the state of being vs non being, death vs life, consciousness vs lack of consciousness, "I am the cycle re-inventing the will not to seek conflict" - indeed it is a paradox that any cycle (which is predictable in its cyclical nature) is yet riddled with paradoxes and dualities within, so utterly unpredictably predictable depending on the level of subjectivity, am I within the cycle, on its periphery, or have I completely transcended it? hahahaha I would could either be surprised or not surprised, dear Laura, that you make (or not) ups or downs of this comment of mine, but know that I am aware of your awareness, and conscious of, at least, the cycle of struggle.

Posted by Rula Shin on 10/19/05 at 08:23 PM

I mean "I could either be" and not "I would could either be". Thanks Ms. Neurotic Perfectionist, will you ever be kicked out of here? haha ;-)

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 10/23/05 at 01:32 AM

I see a lot of myself in this piece. I like all of it, but especially these lines: We crave the shade that seeks extinction by illumination. Nice work Laura.

Posted by Kimberly Rhode on 10/23/05 at 05:58 AM

Wow I like those last lines so much..

Posted by Charlie Morgan on 10/24/05 at 03:39 PM

...laura, this one is thick-o with allusions to things real and not...here now, in a wisp-gone, not forever, as nothing is, but just dressed differently: ...I am the cycle re-inventing the will not to seek conflict" ...but i see you/Everyman in all the previous lines, like Chris S. says...you could be me describing "a day in the life of..."gorgeous work...peace, chaz

Posted by Max Bouillet on 12/04/05 at 04:59 PM

Seek not conflict for it it seeks you. When the seekers seeking seeks you out. That which is sought is engaged in a warfare. Fight or fight not, but live --always live.

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