Blue Nile

Mark Zappi

Transcending fruitful abyss pales contemplative thought,

That contemplating the thought of the thought’s strength is ludicrous

Wind shines between the glamour to reveal

As to conceal real energy of positivism.

Frankly, seeing is not seeing how appreciating is appreciating

To sit, to stare, to look, to imagine, to see, to glorify, to contradict

Is the essence of the mind

Cascades of depth-containing masses

Is healing refreshment for the few, and tiny particles for the many

Gingerly accepting seen phenomena

Is not the fomentation of self-revealing

Clutching the waters of entitlement,

Lingering for the rays of discernment.

This is the core of our spirit.