Light effects

I saw this as a movie in my mind,

I heard its soundtrack in my thoughts,

I understood:

This is a picture of the way we are,

the way we move:

The medium in which we danced

seemed to be thick,

Seemed to slow our motion

and deflect our light

into many bouncing flecks —

Square-shaped, fading in and out

So it was hard to see

just where — and when — we were.

We didn’t worry that we were arrested

or restrained

or blocked

or yet dispersed

within the semi-opaque thickness.

We knew all that was just a trick of light

And that our impulse

was as strong and clear

as it had always been

and that we owned it

and the medium could never slow us down.

So we could watch it

and play with its effects

And use our undiminished vigor

to enact our purpose

And wait to see

how it would be interpreted

in this thick, slow place

wherein we seem to walk.

©Wendy Mulhern

April 18, 2013