Intersection

Casting a shadow at Seabright Beach, Santa Cruz, California.

(photo by Art Durand Photography)

Intersection

5/16/11

Our soul is crossing place

where everything meets as thoughts,

feelings, visuals, inner and outer,

delivered in day, night dreams

of varying intensity, comfort, trial,

some more real than others

becoming dense matter, airy joy,

electric love energy running hot,

or not, depending our shadow

who is 'ourself' blocking light,

the 'ego' acting 'safety guard'

unwilling to let all pass

for fear of chaotic collision

that would upend valued expectations,

trying to control the world

according to preconceived learned notions

dictating how life 'should' be,

but Existence is beyond management

it can only be ridden

yet in myriad chosen ways,

like cowboy spurring enthralled creativity,

exotic dancer atop pleasure planet,

merry-go-round children peeling with laughter,

as dizzying array of possibility

entering our minds at artistic

intersection between reality and fantasy.