Reach Is Not Risk Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

REACH IS NOT RISK


Tendrils touch/test truth, too seldom taste
Emotions flowing first hand from twinned soul.
Neu[t]ral perception patters off in haste
Disguising nightmare scare of empty hole.
Reach is not risk, straightjacket tightly laced,
Is not an option winning easy role.
Leave self behind as concept narrow based,
Turn to yinning yang completing whole.
Exchanging mindless mirror image waste -
Sterile mirage most adopt as goal -
To open sharing where none need greed chased.
In winning innings cause/effect control
No trust retains till reticence 'to be'
Gives way to insight learning to flow free.


1 January 1999 revised as sonnet 6 October 2005,8 November 2007 and 4 September 2009
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Reach is not Risk

Tendrils touch/test truth yet rarely taste
Emotions flowing first hand from shared souls.
Neu[t]ral perception patters off in haste
Disguising nightmare scare of empty hole.
Reach is not risk, straightjacket tightly laced,
Is not an option winning easy role.
Leave self behind, - a concept narrow based -
To turn to yinning yang completing whole.
Exchange the mindless mirror image waste, -
Sterile mirage most adopt as goal -
To share strengths where response evolves from chase
In winning innings. Cause/effect control
No longer earns the trust that once was placed.
Gain insight into life, and learn 'to be',
Sanctions dissolve when heart solves mind, flows free.

acrostic TENDRIL TESTINGS Poem Reach is not Risk © Jonathan Robin