Once
You have a need to mend.
But if you get there once.
You will never be lost again.
I once had that moment.
When all the accessories of
your life, melt away.
All the petty squabbles, fashion,
your prized possessions, and
all the norms of society
melt away like snow on a stone
on a warm winter day.
When your presence is clear.
Any descriptive words laughably
land out of range.
You are in the center.
Of the ultimate mystery.
I once saw our star.
I once felt that I belonged.
In this universe.
Is once all you need?
It is beyond emotion.
Emotion showed up. And had to leave.
Couldn’t see the attachment. There was never a need to mend.
If you get there once, you’ll never be lost again.
Michael Terence O’Brien is a poet, playwright, artist, and a singer/songwriter who resides in Chesterfield N.J. He currently works as a special education teacher and instructs students with autistic spectrum disorder. [email protected]
You have a need to mend.
But if you get there once.
You will never be lost again.
I once had that moment.
When all the accessories of
your life, melt away.
All the petty squabbles, fashion,
your prized possessions, and
all the norms of society
melt away like snow on a stone
on a warm winter day.
When your presence is clear.
Any descriptive words laughably
land out of range.
You are in the center.
Of the ultimate mystery.
I once saw our star.
I once felt that I belonged.
In this universe.
Is once all you need?
It is beyond emotion.
Emotion showed up. And had to leave.
Couldn’t see the attachment. There was never a need to mend.
If you get there once, you’ll never be lost again.
Michael Terence O’Brien is a poet, playwright, artist, and a singer/songwriter who resides in Chesterfield N.J. He currently works as a special education teacher and instructs students with autistic spectrum disorder. [email protected]
