The Humbling and Other Poems by Tiess Robert

Author:Tiess, Robert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robert J. Tiess
Published: 2022-04-27T00:00:00+00:00

Love's Special Relativity

A union of coordinates

from where we stand

and who we were

to how we reach

eternal love:

our special relativity

encircling

endless energy

inertial births

new-sprung from mass

no sooner flowing

knowing

showing

referential

fixed

yet going

embodying velocities

in fields of possibilities

framing moments

lost to sight

found

how bound

now boundless

by our constant light.

Valediction

Schoolmaster clears his weary throat,

prepares to wake the restless class

adorned in black robes, mortarboards,

gold tassels swaying in the wind

as raspy words rag at their ears

which listen more to rising tides.

His written speech reads faintly here

beneath the sunlight burning bold.

The podium, though formidable,

accentuates his failing frame.

The microphone, that spiteful thing,

exaggerates each wheeze and gasp.

His words intend to send souls forth,

provoke fresh spirits, impel hearts,

invoke old wisdom, thrill, inspire,

to lend new masters ancient fire

--Promethean, as he would say--

but something slips away today.

What were the points of looking backward,

resurrecting Orpheus,

referring to Bellerophon,

exhuming myths from tomes and tombs,

upsetting dust from bloodless times?

These young ones mustn't give a damn.

Above the field seagulls sing

and circle the suspension bridge

that arches over charging waves

where many minds here swim or sail.

No eloquence can call them back

to this commencement exercise.

Reviving lost Odysseus,

he warns of getting swept to sea,

reversing fortunes, metaphors

to muster up profundity

as caps get cast into the air

as if he is no longer there,

at most a roaming ghostly moan

to haunt some unread denizen,

an eager Socrates few heed

when all learn fast to graduate,

become the novel, next the past,

and then the questions rarely asked.

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