The all knowing smile, <br />life's subtle secret, <br />mona lisa's enduring grace <br />along life's lonesome viadolorosa. <br /> <br />what deserted diamonds <br />discovered in dream <br />await us along the path <br />today? <br /> <br />Inside searching <br />attempting to contact the <br />Christ-divine Divincian-magician of mind <br /> <br />three mourning doves orbit round my head, <br />lost in dreams of love as I drift away in bed, <br />these walls further reinforcing our life's <br />resurfacing leitmotif <br /> <br />escape escape <br /> <br />A pent up plaintive coo <br />precedes poesy's marathon pistol <br />suddenly stirring me from sleep <br /> <br />Neruda's green ink continues <br />to pass lessons along life's pages <br />The gift of song <br />bestowed by the birds <br />beloved through the ages of time, <br /> <br />what charitable hymn derived from within <br /> echoes that of the everlasting? <br /> <br />Secluded within the depths of the earth <br />the seed sprouts its roots <br />under the vast open sky <br />the sapling begins to flourish branches <br /> <br />earth shine <br />luminous divine <br />the sun christens <br />clouds reborn <br />with the day <br /> <br />resting in the tender self <br />preserving security <br />of the almond shell <br /> <br />welcoming each moment <br /> as the apple blossoms <br /> receive summer<br /><br />Gregory Allen Uhan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mona-lisa-s-enduring-grace/
