The Essence of Your Mind: A sestina based on (Mind, Mystery, Time, Soul, Love, Sea)
by Abracadabra, 11/8/09

Listen to a story that's been heavy on my mind
Revealing all the secrets of a never-ending mystery
I knew the wind clandestinely, and had a love affair with time
Oh sublime! The fervent freedom of emancipated soul
If only every one of us, could taste the freedom of such love
The spirit of humanity, would be as seamless as the sea

~~~

For the thoughts that flow between us,
are indeed Cerebral Sea

an ocean of intelligence,
splashing waves from mind to mind

torrents of frustrations,
whitecaps of despair,
and the lulling vacant longing of our love

why we drift so aimlessly,
treading all alone,
is a deep enigmatic mystery

clutching egos to our chests,
gasping in the froth,
thinking that we're harboring our soul

when all we're really doing,
is drowning in our fears,
as our heartbeats chronicle our time

~~~

History has taught us well,
but we refuse to listen,
we're blinded from the immortality time

we focus on our death,
by seeking gusto in our life,
and refuse to see the wholeness of the sea

as separate little waves,
we crash upon the rocks,
and pretend that we're a droplet of a soul

we hide our secret thoughts,
and immerse ourselves in plots,
to become a hostage prisoner in our mind

It's only an illusion we imagine in a dream,
a persona we perform,
as we play our cosmic mystery

Pretending that we're villains,
or sulking as the victim,
or spreading animosity or love

~~~

Some would like to bring the sea of the saga of humanity,
into an undulating rhapsody of love

others are rebellious,
and determined to resist,
and will oppose the flow of peace for all of time

many sit on sidelines,
unsure of how to act,
confused by all the chaos,
bewildered by the mystery

Water, water everywhere,
but not a lip to kiss,
waves amiss that run amuck,
as love slumbers in the sea

un-awakened in their dream,
subconscious in their plight,
battering the nightmare in their mind

all to cling to ego,
and perpetuate the self,
and refuse to share the essence of their soul

~~~

If only every human could see the folly of our ways,
and recognize the ocean of our soul

Perhaps the surface of the sea could flow in harmony,
and the whitecaps of despair could fall in love

The swells of deep compassion would swallow all the froth,
and ripples would pacify the mind

Every face aglow,
lips smiling with delight,
heartbeats thump rhapsodically in time

Will we ever see the day,
of harmonizing waves,
undulating as an orchestrated sea?

It requires solidarity,
a companionship of souls,
an understanding of the secrets of the mystery

~~~

So listen close my friends,
the enigma's not covert,
there never really was a secret mystery

the answer to the riddle,
is in every single ripple,
that you emanate from the essence of your soul

your soul is free like water,
your thoughts are undulations,
the waves you make propagate the sea

every thought you have,
every action that you take,
begets a wave of anger, lust, or love

you're the keeper of the sea,
the captain of your ship,
the maker of the wake you leave in time

you're the pilot of your soul,
the director of your act,
the thinker of the thoughts within your mind

~~~

So now you know the mystery,
of how to propagate your love

you know the secret of your soul,
for all of time

you'll always be the sea,
for all eternity,
for it's the basis of the essence of your mind



(I narrated it for those who might find it difficult to read, or prefer to just listen to it)
(4 MB mp3 file)
http://users.csonline.net/designer/spirit/mind.mp3

Note: I had to reformat this because the lines wrapped and it was hard to read. So every group of lines, is actually a single line in the sestina. I seperated the 6-line sets with a tilde ~ The first set didn't wrap so I left it alone.

this was such a goodread...
the way you unfolded it..
smooth.
teasingbrunette

I enjoyed the writing immensely. I love it when you create pearl necklaces one can wear close to their heart to gently teach the mind.

Whoops, sorry, remind the mind would be a more accurate phrase.