October 2023
Ed Cockrell
edcockrell@hotmail.com
edcockrell@hotmail.com
Bio Note: I am an occasional poet living in Orange County, North Carolina. Poetry is my amusement as I live in retirement. Thank you for reading my work.
By Chance Alone
If I am the ego of imagination Then every spirit is a solo dancer, And life itself is made for rapture and elation. Each soul will dance barefoot, herky-jerky in jubilation Along the green swell of renewal’s answer, If I am the ego of imagination. Everyone must dance to pain and joy with no hesitation, For all of heaven holds the sharp shadows of chance, And life itself is nothing but rapture and elation. Each soul will hop on razor stones that sparkle in midnight’s creation, The stones of dust that cut to pain and trance, If I am the ego of imagination. Look up! All of heaven holds the sharp shadows of chance That persuades all things to live and welcome life’s dance, For life itself is nothing but rapture and elation. So, dance, dance to pain and joy with no hesitation, For all of heaven holds the sharp shadows of chance, If I am the ego of imagination.
©2023 Ed Cockrell
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