Friday, 28 September 2012

Boundaries a poem By James Bennett


Continuing our series of articles from Transitions One



Boundaries

James Bennett


At borders,you cross over into another time;There, at the threshold,
Where the guardian monster lives,
Transactions are made,
Angels wrestled with,
The dark foe hands over gift or name,
And then the journey can go on.
Some borders are walls or fences,
Janus-faced, they both imprison and keep out,
Arbitrary, they seem motionless,
As if a permanent statement or a goal.
But they open in and out,
Doors leading you through the mirror,
Stepping out into starlight,
Back into sunlight,
Through another's eyes you can go.
And when you return,
It all looks much the same as when you left,
Yet your eyes see differently,
The boundaries are less fixed,
The terrain altered slightly,
You are not the person who set forth.


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