<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=519970" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mystic</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In my mind afloat<br>Drifts a mysterious small boat, <br>Lulled along<br>In contemplative song, <br>Upon a magnificent sea -<br>The far reaching ends of it all<br>That give quiet call, <br>Are far beyond me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It all moves like waves wended, <br>And dreams rended, <br>Flowing into a vague speculation<br>Toward the acquisition of the ineffable; <br>Yet, ever accompanied by a fear<br>Of being unable to find the unsubvertible.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">- I row - I go - for I must<br>Somehow know, and find<br>The place, the time, <br>That distant - near land, with<br>No more groping, nor grasping, <br>For lasting love, or the guiding hand of man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Life has a mystic pulse<br>That touches all the earth, <br>Mystery has a meaning <br>Filled with unfathomable worth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A mystic castaway resides<br>On an island in my mind, <br>Awaiting - and bringing - an appointed purpose, <br>Beyond the bonds of brains and time.<br>Speaking words of truth<br>- perhaps foreign to me -<br>A lavish love language<br>Of the truly free.<br>The translation to be found<br>When the captives are unbound; <br>The compass, the map, <br>The forward motion<br>That keeps me from turning back.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">These living esoteric laments<br>Reveal great Beauty to my heart<br>- often blended within sadness -<br>Found in the metaphoric ways of nature and art.<br>It all gets to me<br>In the mystery I feel, of<br>A flowing vision, <br>In a world nearly surreal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mystic<br>Devoid of worthless words, in<br>Dialogue divine, <br>Puts one eye on eternity<br>And one eye upon time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've oft here been lost, <br>yet for only a season; <br>Stranded for merely a spell<br>For there is truly hope at the end of reason -<br>Granting pure life through it all</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Mystic within<br>Ever remains, <br>Vast and strong<br>Guiding beyond<br>Life's dark waters<br>Never leaving me to drift, <br>Completely alone. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> '... mystery is as real as the air we breathe... ' - Kathleen Norris.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Smoky+Hoss">Smoky Hoss</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=519970" data-title="Mystic de Smoky Hoss" data-description="In my mind afloat Drifts a mysterious small boat, Lulled along In contemplative song, Upon a magnificent sea - The far reaching ends of it all That give quiet call, Are far beyond me. It all moves like waves wended, And dreams rended, Flowin..."></div> </div> </div>

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