For POETS UNITED Midweek Motif ~ Conquest' - I Came, I Saw,I Wrote ~ What Was Conquered? Conversations With An Unseen Confidant ~ 2016

 

      One sunny morning after a quick breakfast 

     of hot tea with toasted bread and omelette 

     we set off to the Green  Hills, 

     

so close,so peaceful,so purifying so serene

so I am falling...falling short of words, 

so I will just fall in step 

the green KIA Classic,now quite used to

 become a ready-for-action,family friendly,

 performance inspired vehicle pulling itself

 comfortably  up the curvy road

allowing the guide to steer it to the top. 

Slowly the four wheeled green among the greens 

curved as the road turned twisted and went winding, 

till there was no road...we had reached the top..

amazing peace ,incredibly sweet scented pines,

needles carpeted the small open spaces

between the tall elegant graceful trees-

sturdy solid and powerful like Life Guards

fixed in the ground studded with large

and small boulders. 

Quietude could be felt. 

This, a conquest? a wish to be in serenity

 peaceful cool without fear or terror.

There are such places on this beautiful Earth.

If only we seek move and search...if only....

Great soldiers brave and bold came saw and conquered

rode over plains and hills,fought and killed and felt honored...

'Ah but that is not the real conquest' O peace seeker'

Oh who is this?  then what is pray let me know

Now that you have found and heard the voice of my soul'

'Listen,it is the power within you, in your inner self

the Power of Faith,the power of Will over Desire'

Let not your desires rule over your self'

'Who is a great conqueror then?

One who is able to control emotions,anger and hate

One who has learnt to serve others,with patience and love

One who has learnt to obey the Truth,the duties of real life

Above All One who has learnt that Giving and Forgiving'

leads to serenity green, eternal bliss ...

where are Alexander the Great Pharoah Ozmandias 

and King Odysseus of Ithica- so many more? 

What did they conquer? They came they saw they fought'

Others came saw wondered and wondered,pieces of metal

they found in sand and stone,the Conquering  Kings wore...

and all was history...all will be history...green will be brown

Then all was silent.

I turned...I saw the trees, 'these will stay...I have to go'

My spirit free...a conquest of my self ...I wrote...

as raindrops turned into falling snow...