Fragile Hope

Outside a strong hardened adventurous man....inside a fragile soul seeking redemption.

Hard muscular man the outside layer.
He can climb mountains, swim across lakes, bath in fountains.
He can jump a horse high and ride hard fast fast - faster.
High wind, heavy rain will not stop him
Adrenaline rush, pushes the adventurer.

Inside - the mind a crashing sea.
A body afloat grabbed by the tides.
Flung upon rocks time again.

Inside - the heart a burning flame eternal.
The light salvation in silvered glass.
A fragile hope.

Alone, so lonely now.
A Tear his master.
Escaped in slumber.

AWAKE AWAKE!!
All tears, are not a sadness.
Remember the joy.
Remember the lesson.
Protect- Fight for the fragile hope.
The Mind a sword -The Heart a shield.











 

Reviews

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

I so love it when that hidden masculine is open for viewing. Truly a rare glimpse of the male psyche. Always so guarded and closed

I think that we see the stone facade so often that we tend to dismiss anything beyond it as fairy tale.

A really beautiful piece and I am glad that I happened by. (Yeah! My high brow reason for being here was I saw the mooning pumpkin on my feed.) thank you.

[John Phoenix Hutchinson.]

Yes the mooning pumpkin will do it every time! I wrote this at a time when i had broken my own heart and that of the one i loved......and this poem is partly here to remind me to stay on a straight path.

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Kudos for such intimate knowing of your inner male. Not all can make such a claim!

[Patrick]

ok so the one about the Alchemist lost me slightly - it was well written, just lost me :)
This one is a true great...some classic lines. You've tapped into a common reality but in a fresh way,

'all tears are not a sadness' how appropriate!

Then those final, battle cry words - the mind a word, the heart a shield...

[John Phoenix Hutchinson.]

Thanks for you kind words on this poem. As to the Alchemist I intended it to be a hard read when your dealing with universal hermetical laws I decided not to be easy going on them in a poem. I wanted the reader to learn something new from each reading as it would be very hard to take in the secret knowledge at one glance.

[Patrick]

I guessed that - it was not the writing just my fuzzy head.

[BIIKAY]

WOW!!! MY FAVORITE LINE IS... INSIDE- THE MIND A CRASHING SEA. WOW! I love how you made it clear that hey men have feelings too no matter how TOUGH they act! GREAT job!!!

[John]

Preserving that fragile hope in the face of life's difficulties

[Pax]

an adventurous man with a fragile soul. Nice!

[TheAdamBryant]

nice poem

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAutho..]

Yes, John. This is the path. We read the sign-posts but sometimes we are confused without our spectacles of heart's perception. This is indeed a good write.