Changes Find Their Agent in Obsession

October 12, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is discovery in honor of Columbus Day, which was celebrated on October 9.

Today’s poem is about the need for obsession to bring about change.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Changes find their agent in obsession.

Old visions do not yield but to a sea.

Life is myth undone by mystery.

Underneath the truth lies the expression.

Meaning is the mask of history,

Best worn by those in undisturbed possession.

Ultimately, there is no progression.

Sing, then, of change, and savor what will be!

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/chang2.html. For more Columbus Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/columbusdaypoems.html .

This week’s theme: Discovery

October 9: Can One Ever See What Lies Beyond

October 10: Care to Come with Me to Outer Space

October 11: Challenging the Veil Does Not Come Cheap

October 12: Changes Find Their Agent in Obsession