UNCONFINED   (From Out of Darkness... 1996)    

   
up beyond the boundary  
       of survival time again  
four thirty a m    
       still trying to find  
some unmarked line  
       thirsting for some  
fuller cup of me  
       or a single drop  at least  
some essence of the messenger  
       soon received reveals  
a truth not quite so hidden  
       as it once used to be  
understanding  
       seemingly as lost as youth  
within this ever densening  
       complexity of things  
yet in another sense  
       seeing more clearly now  
some deeper measurement  
       of everything  
more than intuition  
       discovery of a broader wisdom  
within the purest simplicity  
       a keener form of vision  
if you will  
       where i the driver  
of my life  
       now put more pressure  
on the accelerator  
       despite considerable loss  
of sensitivity  
       to greet the    
threatening curves  
       of lifes so fragile road  
with what appears to be  
       the screeching wheels  
of reckless abandon    
       as i surrender fully  
serenely guided here  
       by only the wind in my hair  
where clocks face  
       speedometer  
and any future roadblocks  
       still waiting up ahead  
will hold no power  
       over me any more  
nor can confine  
       any precious time  
away from me now  
       here in this  
strange  new freedom  
       ive somehow  
mysteriously found  
       without even looking  
at this ironic  
       yet extremely grateful  
once adventure filled    
       though presently  
wearied  worn down  
       near desperate    
point in my life  
       such blessings    
continue to arise    
       and surprise me  
with their little    
       sparks of hope  
when i least  
       expect them  
still  i embrace  
       them all  no matter    
how subtle or small  
       and accept them  
for what they are  
       and mean to me  
each at least    
       a tender    
sacred gift    
       of spirit  
sent to lift me  
       higher up  
from out of    
       all this grievous  
sadness  
       where i have  
too long been    
       so sunken  
in all its  
      fallen  
fallow darkness    
       sunken    
fallen    
       seemingly
fallow
       that is
perhaps
       till  
now