we are fragments <br /> working with fragments <br />seeking a perfection <br /> beyond our perception <br />struggling to re-enter <br /> what we did not leave <br />curiously observing some part <br /> when obviously it is whole <br />a fear of what arises from thought <br /> because to be still, we must move <br />stillness we can not know <br /> without movement to let go <br />if we see and our seeing <br /> affects what is seen, <br />what is there to behold <br /> is it a part or is it whole? <br />afraid of what we've become <br /> suppressing awe before the sum <br />hearing friends whispers shake <br /> 'i am afraid... i am so fucking afraid...' <br />answers outracing inquires <br /> how to change unwanted destinies <br /> <br />(November 2009, New Orleans, La, USA)<br /><br />Thomas Quentin Sims<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/insanity-39/