cutter
mercy is
the cutter
cuts through
the suffering
brings light
so we
may see
that other
side where
love hides
waiting for
us to
rise above
the violence
char
mad as a
burning bush
out of that
irrationality
will emerge
stirrings of
new life
green fingers
through all
this black
unlikely
light
from
the char
tao
greater crime
wasting life
or expecting
too much
from it
one way
pleasure
the other
anxiety
we attempt
to sail
between
scylla and
charybdis
disclaimer
reconciled to
contradictions
rationality’s a
road that
takes you
so far
the material
peters into
the spiritual
as large
stars will
collapse
becoming
black holes
sponge
let them
all in
influences
they’ll seek
you out
keep your
eyes open
and be
habitually
receptive
nothing’s too
high or
low to
learn from
Terry Wheeler - After graduating from law school in the late 1980s Terry worked in the Australian public service for decades. He was inspired to write after seeing Michael Dransfield poems in The Australian newspaper when a teenager. Terry has been published in Australia and abroad since retiring. In 2024 his first book of poetry ‘notes to self’ was released by ComPress. He lives in Brisbane when not travelling.
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