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Enlightenment
by reed Tuesday, Jun 2 2015, 10:51pm
international / poetry / post

like a scroll that unrolls
endlessly, life --
seek its meaning,
its peculiar trajectory
which defines its purpose,
origin and destination

the script is indecipherable
in areas, obscuring and thwarting
attempts to fathom its secret
but the search continues
in earnest;
trace it backwards
to its origin
sure in the knowledge that
its source reveals its
final destination

frayed edges betray
the calamities of the sojourn
yet they also indicate an
enduring quality
and specific character
uninterrupted by
birth and death,
never lose faith in it,
yourself

as its characters become clearer,
decipherable
power, faith and strength
combine to increase understanding,
it begins to reveal its secret

Liberation is not
the exception
it is the rule