LAMENTATIONS

by David Eide

Simplicity! How they misconstrue your deliberate symbol! You rise out of the worlds fat and sour resistance. Simplicity says, move the many to the few. Simplicity says that when a structure believes it is eternal it is about to collapse. Simplicity says that all things begin and end in dream; gird, then, for the meanwhile between.

Simplicity is the calculation that puts the sun at the center of the solar system.

Simplicity says that the deeds that need to get done will get done.

Simplicity is the child's delight at the eternal questions.

Simplicity sets the poet loose in the unconquerable world.

The form of something splendid enters the mind of the poet and brings him an uneasy peace. It's as though prayers have been answered but now he has to find the god that has given him grace.

There is something that separates the poet from what he loves and from the spirit in things that makes him feel that all is good and that all his affection is met with affection.

Moments alternate between empty loneliness and sacred courage in the face of the unalterable. No man can die for me, says the poet, therefore no man can think for me. No man can experience the jetting worlds as they dive into my spirit. Therefore I am free and happy. But then, no one to embrace! That is the curse of the poet.

"I will embrace others when my powers are carried by the transmitting waves of the world."