Choose Poetry A Shaman Gateway Into Healing Lives Poem by Terence George Craddock

poetry is a gateway as ancient shaman knew gateway
a light tentative step into poetry can induce pleasure happiness
chase sorrow sadness in shallow degrees cause them to fleet flee
poetry can be a sudden flip sorrow sadness to happiness enduring

poetry at a deeper level is poet cave entrance into an internal deeper world
a cave hunter painting spirit animals on deep cold stone hidden cave walls
animals alive flicker move three dimensional in ancient fat lamp candle light
poet like cave hunter has entered womb earth to spirit celebrate life

poetry is a spirit world entrance into earth song
self enters space mind states altered states of consciousness
trance is a deeper sleep poet awake may skim enter surfaces
interact interplay plan without dream state visions

poetry can direct soul energy word flow images
into word vibrations pulse picture verse forms
rhyme is optional excessive may detract dilute images
goal is to write to fly to soar into poetic gift harmony

with ephemeral images creative enduring
spiritual energies creative or destructive
human thought enters world in countless
billions sown in living alive people possibilities

poetry can be the gateway where spiritual physical world
meets where creative energy thought imagination mist swirls
into healing harmonic gift giving purposes dark dreamers
sow destructive dreams frustrated dominance desires

lost in dominance games true poet rejects such lives
minds to hell their own creation all must choose
their own earth song all will sing peace harmony
healing beauty embodied in love or sing a darker song

true poet light will ever reject darker song sung destructive