LAMENTATIONS

by David Eide

LVXVIII The poet rejoices in a rare
freedom that history grants his and his
fellows, but, as he widens the freedom and
;pushes it back from expectations he finds
a world too problematical to inspire his
greatest efforts. So, the fight is engaged
between his freedom and the problematic
world that threatens to crush every nerve
that he can transfer into beauty ,quite out.
He sees the world carried away by the
problems that settle on its brain that drift
downward like the ash of a volcano that
damages youth and drags it to the realm it
fears so, the poet is in a quandary. Does
he play the clown to shake the people free
of their problems or dies he se life through
the problematical nature and offer a vision
of hope?
What is a vision of hope if he is ignorant of
the problem? And , if he is bogged down by
nature problems how can he find the
strength to effect hope ?
The energies of the man are engaged in a
struggle with the backdrop of a colorful
city, where the madmen roam free exciting
the air and creating vast metaphors for
the surprised poet. The metaphor of the
madman zigzag through the few buildings ,
off the bodies of jet aircraft, off the houses.
He loves the freedom that is able to grow
away from the constrain of power and
authority- the city /////// it.
'He will be free of the world for a couple of
years ' , the city seems to say.'
The poet knows that the house will fall but,
as it is poised and still, the poet rejoices.