Solitude

Wandering–
flickering quietly
a fragment of my soul
in peaceable night,
eternal playground
of gods and planets,
stars and dust and dreams…

Hearkening–
to a thread of tone
a music simple
and profound
and not entirely
unknown…

Wondering–
Shall I follow?
Cast my curiosity
upon the solar winds
tack this way and that
until I come
to find
the instrument,
the player of this theme?

Or–
wander on–
embracing solitude,
and safe?

November 2009

November 2009