Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Awakening (poem)
(above photo by N. M. Rai)
The Awakening
After the angel came,
she more and more discovered
she had strange powers.
Things began to look different,
change appearance,
as when the cat
seemed cradled
in a brilliant colored egg
and its energies
flew upward
from its head.
Sometimes she felt waves
of sensuous feeling
flow through her body,
what they call ecstasy
when it happens
to a saint.
Other times
she wept
for no reason.
When she wanted to turn on
the t. v. or
make the screen brighter
or more dull,
she simply pointed her finger
in that direction.
One morning
all the clocks in the house
stopped together
for no known reason.
If she wanted to summon
her husband from the field
to have sex,
she sent him a mental message
and he would appear.
Once she saw a ray extend
from her hand to the wall
and bounce back again.
Once she saw the map of
the universe
on her husband’s body
as he lay sleeping
beside her in bed.
Dorothy Walters
November 11, 2007
