blind domination

by Roberto Lavidez

from beyond

the barrier

of time past

culture itself

is in complicity

with blind

domination

capable of

inspiring love

and terror

allowing

immediate

consciousness

to unfurl

in the end

the whole

rationality

of the world

the memory

of nature

rather than

nature itself

it was as if

a tide had

suddenly

gone out

and in its

absence

the seabed

was revealed

for the

first time

each moment

is saturated

in the past

and presages

the future

full of

intensity

profound

thought

and deep

inner passion

tied up with

lovelessness

extremely

vulnerable

to rifts

rivalries and

hierarchies

of all kinds

perpetuated

behind

its facade of

universality

a transcendental

explanation

brought about

an immediate

unburdening

as if it were

a seamless

whole

existing in

a reality

contiguous

with life

only to

succumb to

the teleology

of assimilation

slipping in

through the

back door

of cultural

discourse

and current

episodes in

an unstable

chain of

subjugations

seldom

controlled

by the wishes

of individual

thinkers

delving into

the study

of the soul

©robertolavidez2014