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DarkYou are the dark of the world
When all is brightness and dazzle
You are a deepening mystery
When life is a surfeit of simple solutions
You are the nagging doubt and secret sceptic
When everyone believes so much
You are jangling discord, right out of tune
When all the sounds are harmony
You are the abstract art of paint and poem
When our propaganda makes everything clear
You are the parched throat, the desert defeat
When there's water, water everywhere
You are the silent absence, gone-missing god
When the cacophony of belief becomes deafening
You are uncharted journey, road less travelled
When we're all mapped-out. Been there, done that
You are stranger in the night, throwing us to the ground
When all we want to do is get away
You are the cloud of unknowing
When we know–it-alls, know it all
You are never ready and take for ever
When we want it now and cannot wait
You are the dark of the world
When all is brightness and dazzle
Cough
what are you like?
like a man who coughs
while hiding,
said the mystic,
(talking like one)
like
a burglar in the dark stepping on a loose floorboard
the smell of frying bacon wafting from an unseen window
a bird rustling her clothes in motionless branches
the opening bars of a song you know
... before you can name it
a sneeze so shocking it clears the head
the fleeting embarrassed eye-contact
... opening the soul
a rumour so strange, that maybe it's true
what are you like?
the momentary intuition
the blink of the other
the brilliant thought
too fine for words
slips through braincells
only its recall can be recalled
what are you like?
cough
cough
Pieces by Martin Wroe, taken from The Sky's Window
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