What The
Bard?
In a
world of
stardom
and logos,
of
sprinting after
fulfillment
and applause,
we
still search for meaning,
for
reasons of being,
and
what is.
Too
busy for long tomes
and
in-depth treatises,
this
generation finds inspiration
in
the short and concise,
in
song and verse
which
dredge thru our memories
and
confirm our being
and
celebrate reality.
The bard
unwraps the known world,
drawing
hope out of the violence,
drawing
meaning out of the hope.
Behind
the rhymed words
and
carefully crafted verses,
the
essence of what is is revealed,
fulfilling
the very human need
to
connect with the Substrata of Life
in
this dimension,
even
if not understood,
even
if still left with longing for clarity.
The
bard journeys ever inward,
past
the contradictions of everyday life,
skirting
the ghosts of memories,
squeezing
past every impending concept
beaming
from the sun of the Knower
but
yet to be revealed
on
this fleshly plane
by
some intuitive monad.
Into
the cauldron of inspiration
the
poet dips his mind
and
draws out perceptions yet un-thought of,
and
translates into human words their essence,
giving
flesh to the bones of dreams,
creating
truths out of holograms.
And
thus, a thing is created,
a
something out of nothing,
a
Polaroid of time and existence
to
titillate, to warm, to surprise,
to
teach, to uplift, to shock,
yes, even
to castigate or warn,
but
always to share something
which
Mind impels the soul and pen
to
reveal to a humanity ravenous for meaning -
a thus
is birthed a poem.
agd - May 2019
