The Sacred Pause

Good advice - "Do not blindly react - wisely respond" to paraphrase all this.

Thank you, Solomon. Much appreciated.

This is beautiful.

Thank you, felix. Much appreciated.

beautiful

Thank you, AP. Much appreciated.

I love the Buddhist chant feel to this, which is odd for me due to how much I was bothered by the selfish and group prayer characteristics of my Baptist upbringing, so it had me re-examine the definition and synonyms for prayer. And I've been thinking for awhile now that poetry in so many cases can be thought of as secular prayer, and further synonymic investigation led me to "orison", which in turn has connotations of recovery and collection, which may be motivated by group concerns and not just individual ones.  

Of course your poem isn't selfish, it's just damn good advice, particularly where social media comment sections are improved by..."curbing acerbic tongues".  

The second stanza brought to mind a book I read long ago titled...THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES by Guy Murchie, wherein his thoughts dwelt on the vibratory nature of all matter and energy, and thereby all experience, which neatly took me to stanza six where you address the psychological motivator for prayerful (or poetic?) exaltation...whereby we hominids experience something like angelic flight...if only in our intellections:)  

Your poem isn't just food for thought...but a veritable banquet!  

P.S. the title makes a fabulous euphemism for the word..."orgasm".

Thanks MS. I posted it with the specific intent on garnering some critique. I don't think it's quite finished yet. I'm contemplating a few things. I wouldn't doubt "orison" has some type of root in "unision", as in one mind, one spirit individually vs individual mind and spirit.

I've read that book and still have it somewhere in a stash of book boxes. I absolutely adore how this took your mind to places that weren't selfish, but compassionate. Which of course can only be birthed by awareness, a recent conversation you and I had on a poem, I do believe.

Thank you also for the RL. Very Honored.

Great title and a delicately managed, almost villanelle-esque structure.

Thank you, Mr. Karswell. xo

This is so beautiful. I wish I could have applied these words into my life at a younger age.

With age comes wisdom, but then there goes youth. Blessed are they who are born wise. Thank you, Lauryn.