Labyrinth and Oak
As he paced the infinite labyrinth of his intricate psyche,
Scattering the brittle leaves of his old age,
Meditating upon the sad state of his anonymity,
A revelation came sifting up into his atmospheric eyes,
As if from a history buried, millions of years, in his misty past
Or from the crumbs of leaves crunching under his bare feet,
A sign, an insight, an epiphany, an open gate
Beckoning his spirit to follow a path leading from the labyrinth,
Toward a forest whose flora wore green crowns —
An arboretum teeming with sweet fragrances of eternal spring,
A retreat suppleness owned, brittleness had never visited.
And in that moment, hope transformed his doleful soul.
His heart was reborn, in the rings of a giant oak tree
Growing in the courtyard of a labyrinth his bare feet would pace
Without scattering the ever-after leaves of his verdant journey.
05/06/09 - (1)
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