Vitkor Frankl Quote
Let Beauty Remain
art source: Shiloh Sophia McCloud
There is often a tendency to fog the mind
Worse yet, feigning clarity the entire time
The moment comes when the fog it lifts
And lost time evaporates like Avalon mist.
The beauty in that, is when the insight hits you
Your cares diminish and you wear what fits you
No longer worried about what has been done
The focus becomes the Earth you stand upon.
Preference, proclivities, interests and love
Become actualities, not dreams stored above
Your skin holds you present, you understand fate
Can knock on your door on any given day.
With time less available possibilities seem clear
Not hindered by delays, or a doubter’s glare
The wrinkles diminish, the fabric’s laid out
Your mural is woven with life-affirming vows.
The threads, some are thicker and others don’t hold
Those with resilience are the ones to behold
The friends, fertility, the sustenance, the rations
Those textures you’ve offered in a life you’ve imagined.
Whether here for the duration or just one more day
The fog can be lifted in a myriad of ways
I’m guessing that most involve love in some fashion
And probably uncovering some long hidden passion.
Time is the question, creativity the solution
What inspires bliss and sidesteps retribution?
I shift my perspective as my time here wanes
And hope when breath fades that beauty remains.
From the archives, Tricia Schwaba, 2014
The Beauty That Is
Insecurity is mine and mine alone.
It taunts my confidence
Tears at my peace.
A hovering grenade of dissatisfaction
Eyeing the landscape of my soul.
I know of it’s poisonous root
Yet I give it it’s demanded respect
An abuser that I want to assuage
I am not sure where to find the strength
To bury it in it’s appropriate resting place
Cover it with Mother Earth
Water it with heavens’ rain
And transform it into the beauty that is
Love of Self.