Elusive thoughts at Midnight
Mirza A. Beg
April 3rd, 2008
Middle of the night
Is never perfectly dark
The restful dark
Of deep slumber
Stray eerie light seeps in
From the streets of the
Smoldering day, from the
Tormented world beyond
Eyelids quiver with twilight
Of wakeful concerns of the day,
Of wars, real and imagined
Of inhumanity and lost friends
Inducing an amorphous ache
From myriad hazy sources
Flooding the heart and mind
And engulfing the soul
With countless Images
Of tortured bodies
Of hungry faces
Of loss and injustice
Of slings and arrows
Of lost opportunities
Of what could have been
Should have been, but is not
In the name of
Egotistic power
Misbegotten ideology
And misused religion
In the deathly stillness
Of a body, dormant
The restless mind soars
To resonate with the spirit
Inspiring visions
Of possibilities of peace
Just and humane
Clear and concise
To capture lost opportunities
Transcending arrogance and pride
To mend the frayed fabric
And make shattered souls, whole
Slowly the sleep returns
To cloud the vision
Clarity dissolves in a mist
Leaving only a few kernels
Morning is melancholy
I stare at a blank page
Failing to capture that
Fleeting flawless vision
Mirza A. Beg can be contacted at mab64@yahoo.com
His Essays and Poems are available at http://mirzasmusings.blogspot.com/
Friday, April 4, 2008
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