Another Light

I will proclaim the poetry of stars 

and speak more on "The Translation of Light"** 

although this makes them laugh. 

I will myself drink deep 

of glowing inspiration,

although this makes me weep. 

Perhaps a brighter way lies there

when all dark clouds have lifted from my mind;

for now I stumble blind. 



Shipwrecked as on a coral island beach
I search for rescue and release, 

but when I hear the luminous ocean sounds

I can find peace. 

Dissolving dark oppressive chains at night 

the force of dreams propels an inward flight; 

the eyes turned inward, inward turns the sight. 

Therein the laws that govern galaxies and stars

present them selves for my review, 

behind the eyelid curtain of the night, 

with the chamber of another light. 

~Tom Manos