Scott Thomas Outlar- Three Poems

Flows Freely

 

There is truth and there is

Absolute Truth

but damn if I know

the difference

I’m just saying

There is heaven and there is

hell

or so I’ve heard

a time or two

by three or thirty

There is health and there is

sickness

and so I’ve seen

both these fires rage

in such completely different directions

There is God and there is

Love

and the two are one

where the source flows

freely outward into creation

There is

There was

and there shall

always be

and this explains

everything

and nothing

all at once

and never

Absolute Void

 

Loneliness is an open wound

the dagger enters so deep

The sun is blistering my apathy

a puss filled cup runneth over

Chaos serves its own revenge

cold and raw

Love has never been enough

temporary salvation at best

She came to me in the night

left before the dawn arrived

Emptiness is entropy is absolute

nothing more, nothing less, not a care

Detoxification

 

Chaos enters the spaces of stagnation,

not to obliterate,

but to break down what is not working

so the inherent pattern of order

can emerge in a new light,

and the holy path of inward peace

can once again be seen clearly.

The choice to destroy

is not necessarily negative

but sometimes absolutely necessary

as a way to tear away

at a dilapidated structure

so a more solid foundation

can be established

upon which to build

a temple of health, happiness, and love.

Life is not always easy,

but the trials and tribulations

are inherent in the process of progression

as a way to push evolution forward,

and the challenges that naturally arise

are a Godsend of grace

presented to teach the lesson

that we are creatures of adaptation and survival.

Bio:

Scott Thomas Outlar dances in the waves of chaos, waiting on the high tide of order to rise and return him safely to the shore. More of his writing can be found at 17numa.wordpress.com.