Mystery
© 2009 susan mucklow Is it possible to walk away Dismiss the words I have to say Be filled by under spoken truth Silence the backhand of reproof? Exit sign won’t let me leave Provocation stirring grief The open door should bid depart Yet only leads back to my heart What mystery that beckons deep Then haunts me as I toy with sleep Can”t well enough be left alone May I refuse to turn this stone? Missing link that shackles me Motivation to proceed If I find it not within their words Can”t it just be left unheard? Burdened cry for something more Forbidden to go elsewhere for Forced...
Read MoreThe Whole of Me
© 2009 susan mucklow I choose to love the whole of me Parts pleasant and distasteful Idyllic view, value and worth Pander esteem illegally Admit the whole, accept the all No dissection or rejection Iconic image stripped away To embrace what it appalled One is real and false another I admit I cannot change it I trust the One who authors both Causing one to prove the other I regard the inner bully As the contrast that’s intended Instead of running from the truth I remain to see it fully I won’t disdain unwanted traits Or scorn the imperfection Love is asked to stay in place To unify what...
Read MorePassing the Torch
© 2008 susan mucklow Cannot hold what I thought was mine Or inherit what once defined me False dream fired in furnace of time Diminished in me by degree The timing of the changing guard Unmistaken or undisputed The stone weighed heavy in my heart Though its need was not refuted Un-denied goodness of God Though change resembled scolding Transition felt just like a rod But true desire is now unfolding Mantle is not mine to wear Hand fits not upon that helm Round peg forced within a square Denies the grace of a higher realm Letting go of the perceptual take On rightful heir of the succession To...
Read MoreCannot Be Named
© 2008 susan mucklow The mind ponders its condition In partnership with expectation The more it tries to hold an image It overlooks what could be given Possibilities being offered Demobilized for limitations Counterfeit prefers the anguish Of solving imaginary problems I don’t need to be imprisoned By the soul that’s compromising What confines me in each moment Is the way my mind’s responding The boundary of my freedom Is not the situation that I see Resisting what’s occurring Threatens only what’s perceived Stretch the borders of my being Dismiss the ache of my confinement Uproot...
Read MoreUpon Awakening
© 2008 susan mucklow Bodies on sand Mind over matter Pressure of the world Rain cannot shatter Diamonds in the hand
Read MorePortal of Time
© 2008 susan mucklow A painful occurrence echoes in time A bellow within an emotional sound I’m gasping for air in a mental upheaval Like a compass in need of balanced retrieval Equilibrium tilts and up appears down Temporal illusions are assaulting the mind Familiar feelings and rude apparitions Stir the memory forming needless suspicions Bad dreams coalesce to splinter my peace Distant forebodings are depression’s new feast Nighttime intruders are uninvited, unwanted I will disengage and release to continue undaunted To replay the past and re-examine vexation Is a vicious playground...
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