Ian Weinberg

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Beyond the mire

Beyond the mire


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Under a November Full Moon

It happened upon us, a design bereft of our choice.

Thence have we trembled with foreboding of that

which may overcome us and over which we may have no influence.

Stabbing shadows of ghostly fingers disrupting our tranquility.

All that we are is drawn upon to stave off pending calamity.


Thus is the stranglehold of fear all-pervading.

Choking and blinding it clouds the vision,

muffles the hearing and diminishes reason.

A cunning and elusive specter,

persistent in its multiple manifestations,

it afflicts all in different measures.


Yet it is the impervious defenses that we have created

which have all but snuffed out

the lightness of being in the cloistered hell.

Scared rats in the semi-darkness haunted by the dark shadows

and lurking dangers, it is an existence devoid of love and hope.

Thus is the lot of the many that remain imprisoned in the mire.


But then the blessed few that glimpse

golden sunlight and enchanting silver moonshine.

Thence begins the lure and the ascent that transcends.

Emerging into the clearing up on high,

where the air clear and pure sustains,

and behold the clarity of all is revealed.

The stench of fear is no more.


To embrace the light when it shines upon us

even for a fleeting moment, dissolves the fear that is the Great Illusion.

That which robs us of the sweetness of life melts away

as we venture beyond our incarceration.

By truth, courage and sensitivity we prevail in transcendence.


Copyright reserved - Ian Weinberg 2018


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Comments

Ian Weinberg

5 years ago #14

#15
But here's hoping that the fire abates in a reasonable period and doesn't recur with frequency. Otherwise the centre may not hold.

Ken Boddie

5 years ago #13

Sometimes we need to endure the bushfire, so that our seeds, buried seemingly infertile in the organic mire of the forest floor, will grow and permit us to rise above the canopy, towards the clarity of daylight.

Bill Stankiewicz

5 years ago #12

Great 👍

Paul Walters

5 years ago #11

Ian Weinberg . Splendid !!!

Jerry Fletcher

5 years ago #10

Ian, I have no words.

Ian Weinberg

5 years ago #9

#10
Thank you Debasish Majumder

Debasish Majumder

5 years ago #8

lovely buzz sir Ian Weinberg! enjoyed read and shared. thank you for the buzz.

Lada 🏡 Prkic

5 years ago #7

I agree with Ken. It requires several readings to comprehend the depth of your words. For now, I can only say that the image of ghostly fingers disrupted my tranquillity. Sometimes I feel stuck in the mire.

Ian Weinberg

5 years ago #6

#7
Ah, the Araucaria bidwillii - await with anticipation your next contribution to general enlightenment.

Ken Boddie

5 years ago #5

Currently enthralled with the magic of the bunya pine, Ian, so not spending much time on beBee. I need to read and reread this creation before I can comment sufficiently to acknowledge the time you have invested in it.

Ian Weinberg

5 years ago #4

#5
Thanks for the contribution Bill King

Ian Weinberg

5 years ago #3

#3
Appreciated indeed.

Pascal Derrien

5 years ago #2

The siege The preventable The Escape The Wisdom 👍

Ian Weinberg

5 years ago #1

#1
Humbled and greatly appreciative of your kind words Praveen Raj Gullepalli

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