Sunday, November 29, 2015

Lullaby No. 24 - Tango de la Materia

Thrown into the Sea
A swelling dreamscape
Of the dancing mind
And the crests of existential demise
The troughs saturated with things
An old step with the idea of the material,
Incorporated
It was a Viennese waltz at sunset
The dying light on the seaport
The passing of time which came over you
A blanket of darkness beyond your reach
And this how I experienced things
The wealth of the other in situ
To tango with materialism
All things passing
In the observance of your Reason
All things empty
The limit of meaning in the context of objects
As the meaning approaches your desire
Is nothing
A self-effacing construct
Thrown into the Sea


Jason Greendyk