The Illusion of Motion

did you ever feel like you were in
a movie you were watching

we anticipate rhythm

and once your eyes are open
you can never believe your
own lies again

we observe our own selves

thoughts are connected inside
lies divide mind and spirit

self and other

ideas travel and follow each
other hanging in your face
we've got to respect time
and leave room for space
see your darkness it is great

Illuminate.

acknowledge the universe to
understand the mind
people only live
a certain amount of time
behold the immortal plan
we are one race

human

one animal under the same sky
what's outside began within
creation is a conscious thing
this body living is temporary
this movie has no sequel
but there is an

audience






1992©doviine

One World

when I think about our small planet
in this vast universe
and myself as one person in billions
I am led to draw one conclusion
we are all equal
in our insignificance
though some people may enjoy higher intelligence
than others
pitted against the universe even genius
amounts to nothing
There is one thing I absolutely know is true
I know nothing. I may be conscious of knowing myself
but even that experience is always changing
in admitting to knowing nothing I am not confessing ignorance
I am merely expressing the realization that in all its infinitude
the universe holds no room for pride









1989©doviine

Seven

In the mountains
Woods and streams
Rocks are friends
And never leave





1992©doviine

Shell

a hole now
where something used to be

took a shot
at an alarming rate

overkill

now
shifting down
grinding gears
where slippery silk
used to free his mind

and keep it
from wearing thin
and down.

escape familiar pain

remembers another time
he took a chance and
shot to kill and
ended up stone

empty now

no will to find the spot to fill
and be again
flesh and blood

heart






1992©doviine

Warp

And said, whose reality
is this anyway?

How deep can I go
and still find you there

If you can follow I will lead
and bring you out again
You may wonder and turn
changed by that thought
Away you rode and said

Whose reality is this anyway?

And who says reality
isn't mine to penetrate?

Galaxies away, stardust stirred
and right here, between you and me.
Who says I can't find the way?
Warring world; just a human detour.
Senses: five out, three in,
together they go

and who says reality isn't mine
to penetrate?







1992©doviine

Seer

This is the regeneration
not the "me" generation.

This is the rehabilitation
of blindness in time-


-and the redemption
of the silent ones
     you know.....
          the children-


progressive emancipation
         from lying dissuaders
             just might create space
                     for room to formulate one's 

                          own view of things, get the self-other 

                                 picture enlarged, and reveal the panorama
                                                                      of universal existence






1995©doviine