there is here

by Roberto Lavidez

time erases

all things

leaving an

immaterial

world of

appearances

shifting and

unstable

there is

here

no self

no god

no thingness

allowing

a machine

to run

that would

otherwise

buckle

and bind

trains of

subjective

symbols

slide over

each other

to create

a world

of meaning

and promises

of equality

prosperity

dignity

freedom

tolerance

restoring

a little

humanity

to this

shattered

world

before

vanishing

without

so much of

a goodbye

a surrealist

abbreviation

of history

adapting itself

to a collapse

into conditions

which must

resemble life

simultaneously

selfish and

unselfish

dionysian and

apollonian

rational and

irrational

intense

feelings

pouring out

in a flash

of words

fused and

detached

the integration

of the

fallen man

into the

godhead of

gnosticism   

an excellent

opportunity

to transgress

prohibitions

to destroy

and deform

to not stand

listening for

something

that goes on

existing

perhaps in

someone else or

somewhere else

something

that wears

the mask

of a clown

or a fool

that does 

not exist

it is not

possible

to explain

the state

of mind

it would

remain

the eternal

secret of

each of us

to keep and

maintain

quietude

in the

process

of healing

bearing

the burdens

of peace

©robertolavidez2014