Sunday, June 26, 2016

Vertical Reality

Vertical Reality 

Finally I perfect 
At least a bit 
Of Tango 
For my own 
Finally something -
I can do
     And enjoy 
     -Immensely-

So how 
Do they know ?
They -
The powers 
     That be -

"Men make plans 
And the Gods laugh!"

Now when I'm feeling all 
Grand 
Like I could dance for those 
Gods 
And they might understand -
The angst, the yearning, the sheer -
     Heartbreaking futility 
     Of being human !
(Which is so elegantly expressed
In this dance)

Achilles strikes 
- at least 
  the heel -

Why 

And why 
Now?
Has this tendon chosen 
To betray 
Me 

Must I limp about 
Like some person who doesn't know 
The center 
     Of the dance? 
Like someone who goes 
Shopping 
And watches 
Movies 
And believes in the dream 
They've been sold 
And doesn't 
Know ?

This knowledge -
That the dance is eternal 
And contained within it 
Is all one needs to know -

Blast and darn it! 
I say! 
Achilles 
     Will have 
His way 

It's a Greek tragedy
      As  I sit here with 
My foot up 
Contemplating 

My

Tormented

Fate