DEEP FEELING

There is a feel to silence

That we lose over time

As we grow into a social zone,

The known circle

Of human experience.

 

At birth, the feel

Is quickly relegated to

The unconscious, dream state;

The peaceful infant being moves

To the active child doing

To the adolescent desiring and

To the adult getting;

 

Silence is left behind and

The feel of silence is forgotten;

Yes, more than the sound of silence is lost;

The feel is gone;

We have deadened the heart and soul,

The source of being;

 

The act of choosing

To do something, anything,

Is crowded out

By mindless repetition of acts

Done without conscious will;

Feeling has moved

From the center of being

To the periphery of sensation.

 

Touch, feely,

Smiley, happy replaces

Thoughtful, sober,

Reflective, sane;

I am contemporaneous

And extant, but

Lacking in the substance of being,

The substance of God.

2014.04.06.1700 ©

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