fluctuating balance

by Roberto Lavidez

where the balance

of good and evil

was constantly

fluctuating

refusing to recognize

the modicum of

basic virtue and

of basic knowledge

so profound

the unwary

and uncritical

easily descend

into the ridiculous

unresolved tension

between morbid

resignation and

biblical allusion

fear would increase

until it is no longer

to be borne

man’s relationship

with the cosmos

and the world of

created things

falling like a

great white bird

killed with an arrow

one searches in vain

for any note of sorrow

or vindication

lame feet cast around

here and there

visionary writings

appear to have

degenerated into a

kind of soothsaying

so that the mind

could not at all

comprehend the origin

of stones and the

nature of the rainbow

the sight of it

gives a sudden

shock of pleasure

with a play of

iridescent color

connotations of

lasciviousness

and irrationality

read as a meditation

in a manner within

the cognizance of

all men on the

impermanence

of events where

boundaries are

blurred and obscured

often the least

important of its

meanings

and strange language

sounds like the

song of a bird

whose persuasion

comes from what

seems to be true

not from the truth

©robertolavidez2013