David Taylor - Depth

Out of my depth <br />lost and dark <br />thinking how could I make such a mess of <br />well everything <br />falling into even deeper depths of despair <br />there are many aspects of my character <br />not obvious at first glance <br />hidden depths <br />that perchance you might catch just a glimpse <br />when I feel at rest <br />joyful and full of heart. <br />But deeper than this <br />even deeper still <br />beyond all penetration <br />of surface anxiety <br />past all notions of my image <br />floating on the smooth surface <br />of most gentle thoughts <br />bathed in love <br />leaving behind the changing light <br />that comes and goes <br />into a depth of unchanging peace <br />with a beingness that comes <br />from deeper still <br />and time left to order dreamed events <br />not staged where there is no space <br />from which miraculously springs <br />all depth <br />that seeming belongs to time and place. <br />There I am myself <br />by myself, untouched <br />and none venture <br />where they are not yet dreamed…<br /><br />David Taylor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/depth-6/