The Beggar

As it so often does happen

         The day forced its way

Onto the beggar

         Enriching his pay

He asked not of the sun

         How much he may keep

Yet he threatened its life

         As it retreated to leave:

“How dare you tempt us

With the beauty of light

Then forgo us this privilege

As you relinquish to night”

The sun continued its smile

         Onto the face of his shame

Knowing that not man

         But ignorance is to blame

The sun drenched Earth

         With its much needed rest

Bowed to the sun

         For doing its best

The beggar, the fool,

         Screamed out at its withdrawal

Claiming the sun a coward

         As it welcomed its own fall

As day said good night

         The sun added a plea:

“Make peace with the night

         For clarity to ring”

The sun knows that darkness

         Saves man by binding his will

Of living through a gilded sense        

         Of a visional thrill

The beggar so deaf

         And orally blind

Heard nothing of the sun

         As night took hold of his mind

Soon the earth began its rest

         The wind took its own lead

And began to fill the night’s silence

         With healing whispers of need

Birds calm in nests

         Trusting trees to hold them tight

Butterflies wings rest

         In the stillness of night

The grass of the earth

         Swayed to the beat

Emanating renewal

         Beneath the beggars abandoned feet

The wind encircled his thoughts

         And carried them free

Allowing the beggar

         To feel without need

His body let go

         On the hold within itself

His senses flew beyond

         His skeptical shelf

As silence drenched

         His once polluted mind

He began to feel with purity

         For the very first time

So the beggar has learned

         Or noted at best

The mind should be given

         A much needed rest

For although light spills its beauty

         It can also flood the mind

With polluted perceptions

         Of an ignorant mind        

He vowed to walk in light

         Closing his windows of deceit

And reclaim his adventure

         Befriending his once neglected feet

He began to walk the Earth

         Never asking for more

Using his mind less

         And never again feeling poor